McCarthy pleads with Republicans to stop infighting: 'Congress is not junior high'

[mystery-ak]

McCarthy pleads with Republicans to stop infighting: 'Congress is not junior high'
By Scott Wong and Cristina Marcos - 12/01/21 12:57 PM EST

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday pleaded with Republicans to stop attacking each other as they keep getting mired in nasty personal fights, admonishing them that “Congress is not junior high.”

During a closed-door meeting with rank-and-file Republicans, McCarthy said that the intraparty squabbles among a handful of Republicans — primarily between the far-right flank and more moderate members — weren’t helpful for the GOP as they seek to win back the majority in 2022.

While “99 percent were doing the right thing,” McCarthy said, he urged the remaining 1 percent of his GOP conference to stop the infighting and to quit talking publicly about a Speaker’s race that is more than a year away, according to a source in the room.

McCarthy did not name any names in the meeting, but his remarks appeared to be aimed at conservative rabble rousers like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who have said McCarthy doesn’t yet have the votes within the GOP conference to be Speaker if they win the House majority.

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[EdinVA]

...adding that Republicans had a higher calling in Washington and that they have a chance in next year’s midterms to change the world.

So mccarthy and cheney are going to change the world?   

[mountaineer]

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)

Include your not-so-conservative girl Nancy Mace in that group, Kev.

[skeeter]

Include your not-so-conservative girl Nancy Mace in that group, Kev.

Its The Hill, so...

[libertybele]

So mccarthy and cheney are going to change the world?   

While I agree that the infighting is not advantageous to the party,  they need to reflect on what they add to the problem that lies within the Republican party.  It's been divided.  It will continue to be divided until Congress truly listens to their constituents.

The GOPe needs to realize that they are part of the problem and not part of the solution.
 

[EdinVA]

While I agree that the infighting is not advantageous to the party,  they need to reflect on what they add to the problem that lies within the Republican party.  It's been divided.  It will continue to be divided until Congress truly listens to their constituents.

The GOPe needs to realize that they are part of the problem and not part of the solution.

Reagan's big tent maybe not such a great idea after all.. maybe a party needs to stand for something.

[libertybele]

Reagan's big tent maybe not such a great idea after all.. maybe a party needs to stand for something.

The Republican party lost its way long ago when they tried appeasing leftists to get more votes.

You are absolutely correct.  The Republican party needs to get back to representing the Constitution and conservatism. Offer people the opposite of what the left now represents; socialism, big government and mob rule.