GQP McCarthy gives longest House floor speech in history delaying Build Back Better vote

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House Democrats pushed back a vote on President Joe Biden's plan to dramatically expand the social safety net after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stalled floor action with a record-breaking marathon speech that stretched into the early hours of Friday morning.

McCarthy, a Republican from California, started his speech at 8:38 p.m. ET, and stopped speaking early Friday morning after eight hours and 32 minutes, making his remarks the longest House floor speech in history.


https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/18/politics/build-back-better-house-vote/index.html

[Atticus]

1. From the few parts of his speech I heard, Palin would be proud. nt

[homegirl]

15. Makes me wonder if Trump's illness is catching...

looks like McCarthy caught it!


Former president Donald Trump shows "no remorse" for the Capitol insurrection, according to ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl.

Appearing on MSNBC on Thursday night to discuss his new book, "Betrayal," Karl talked about his interview with Trump in March at the former president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

"I was looking for something," Karl said. "I wanted to see any hint of regret, any hint of remorse for what happened on Jan. 6. ... Absolutely none."

Karl added that Trump was in "a good mood" — and got "excited" when talking about the "terrible things" that fellow Republicans had done to him, including former Vice President Mike Pence and former Attorney General Bill Barr.


Host Joy Reid later asked Karl whether Trump came across "as somebody who is rational (or) mentally all there."

"It's a very strange thing," Karl responded. "He comes out — he's gregarious. He's got a way of trying to charm you. He doesn't seem like he's somebody who's completely insane at all. He conducts himself, he conducts his business. But it's the lack of any sense of remorse, I think, that really comes across as, there's something that's just not right."

[Klaralven]

2. And she did it in heels!

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used a similar tactic as minority leader in 2018, speaking for more than eight hours on the House floor in a speech about young undocumented immigrants, the previous record for a floor speech.

[True Blue American]

18. While dancing backwards!

Harris is not President any more.

[KS Toronado]

3. Well at least we learned about baby carrots.

You know the important stuff we send people to Washington DC to look into.

[OAITW r.2.0]

23. I'm happy to see the House Minority Leader speak eloquently about the Baby Carrot lie and how

it helps the BBB tyranny that threatens people getting something out of their government.

[4Q2u2]

4. All in the name

Of Cruelty, selfishness, and Greed. What a proud moment in House History.

[turbinetree]

5. Well I was hoping that one of the veins in his neck would explode because of his BS ranting

it took him and Ryan and that fucking gang 90 minutes to pass a 1.5 trillion tax cut, that basically fucked the middle class, I guess he forgot to mention that my taxes go back up in 2024 while the oligarchy and 719 of the richest that don't pay shit in taxes now get to keep there tax cuts...so he and his caucus can basically go fuck themselves....

I am surprised he wasn't down at the traitors home giving the speech while kissing his ass, what remarkable his that his bunch didn't think the election was fair, and my question then is why is he allowed to speak at all ........

[honest.abe]

6. So how long can the idiot Republicans delay this vote?

Is there some time/day limit?

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9. Shoud be voted in this afternoon.

[honest.abe]

10. Well there were people saying they expected a vote at 9pm last night.

I was wondering if there is a firm rule limiting the time for discussion before a vote.

[Botany]

7. Did McCarthy's speech stop the Build Back Better vote that will happen today?

What a waste of time.


2022 & 2024 issues the Dems are now and have been working to help the American people and the GOP
are insurrectionist support shits, who worked to spread C-19, supported Vlad Putin's attack on America,
and are so shitty that they want to have the American people hurt and in some cases die so they can
cling to power as minority party.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

12. He was trying to force a vote in the middle of the night

Dems just pushed the vote off to during the day today.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Well, it was more a record-setting verbal diarrhea marathon.

But, okay. It will all be forgotten soon enough.

[marble falls]

11. Like the Bard wrote: "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

[global1]

13. There's Always A Job For McCarthy.....

making audio tapes for insomniacs.

[honest.abe]

14. And in so doing allowed the final vote to be viewed by millions more folks.

Giving us a much needed boost in morale and something to cheer about.

Thanks McCarthy you moron!

[malthaussen]

16. Ah, the old-style filibuster.

Eight hours is nowhere near a record for a filibuster, but filibusters usually occurred in the Senate.

-- Mal

[moondust]

17. He accomplished so much!

"Alexa...read the Encyclopedia Britannica for 8 hours and wake me up when you're done."

[0rganism]

19. doesn't "speech" imply coherence? wasn't it more of an "angry rant"?

Words, randomly engaged and blurted forth, do not qualify as "speech" regardless of the passion behind them.

[SWBTATTReg]

20. History will remember this moron and his pathetic mousy ramblings. It won't look good. NT

[gopiscrap]

21. and he actually didn't say anything

[world wide wally]

22. I can't even imagine a worse torture than listening to Kevin McCarthy blab for

8 fucking hours.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

24. More Repugnant stupidity. Almost as irrelevant as the all night "Green Eggs and Ham" N/T