In a much ballyhooed speech on the impending debt ceiling at the New York Stock Exchange Monday morning, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) … delivered essentially the same remarks he’s been giving for months.
God he’s a fucking joke.
He had the nerve to go to Wall Street and try to BS people who know how Finance works.
FRANCIS: We’re gettin’ in through the underground heating system here, up through into the main audience chamber here, and Pilate’s wife’s bedroom is here. Having grabbed his wife, we inform Pilate that she is in our custody and forthwith issue our demands. Any questions?
COMMANDO XERXES: What exactly are the demands?
REG: We’re giving Pilate two days to dismantle the entire apparatus of the Roman Imperialist State, and if he doesn’t agree immediately, we execute her.
MATTHIAS: Cut her head off?
FRANCIS: Cut all her bits off. Send 'em back on the hour every hour. Show them we’re not to be trifled with.
REG: Also, we’re demanding a ten foot mahogany statue of the Emperor Julius Caesar with his dock hangin’ out.
P.F.J.: laughing
LORETTA: What? They’ll never agree to that, Reg.
REG: That’s just a bar-- a bargaining counter. And of course, we point out that they bear full responsibility when we chop her up, and that we shall not submit to blackmail!
COMMANDOS: No blackmail!
McCarthy’s “price” is for the US to default on its debt obligations and be able to blame Biden and the Democrats for the resulting fall-out.
The only question is whether there are any House Republicans left with the courage to put country above party and vote for a clean debt ceiling raising bill.
McCarthy Still Can’t Name His Price To Free Debt Ceiling Hostage
It’s quite simple. All he wants is for the department of justice to indict MTG, Gaetz, bobes, and Gym Jordan and get them out of his life. But he can’t say that.
“I think I have the support of America,” he responded. “I’ll get the party behind it but more importantly, what is wrong with sitting down on both sides and finding a responsible, reasonable way?”
Donnie thinks he is America.
Donnie supports endangering “the full faith and credit of the United States” during the Biden presidency.
Hence, America supports Qevin.
The Wall Street types are fully ready to jump all over a once in a lifetime opportunity like the US defaulting on T-bills. Like those who shorted the british pound in anticipation of brexit.
I suspect the Reactionaries goal was to get the Biden administration to negotiate with itself and offer cuts to SSI and health care programs.
It didn’t work out that way; but, Qevin’s people didn’t know when to stop digging.
Now, they’re in a hole they can’t climb out of.
“I think I have the support of America,” he responded.
Has there ever been a clearer statement of how totally and completely delusional McCarthy is???
But it is fun to watch him swirl down the bowl, isn’t it?
He’s not completely delusional–he did crack the line about how if anybody in washington takes russian money it’s dana rohrabacher and TFG.
How’s the market today?
“A speech isn’t a plan.”
By itself, that would have been enough for a response.
Down a bit. Basically, no change. One thing to remember is the market is dealing with tax time and what nonsense the Fed has up its sleeve.
Someone needs to let Qevin know that being under the thumb of the guy under Putin’s thumb isn’t actually a good look.
McCarthy: A man with the fantasy of being Mike Mansfield and the reality of being Alfred E. Newman.
I like @txlawyer’s suggestion, but I think McCarthy needs to cut bait and keep it simple and short so he doesn’t screw up the demands:
Put the money in a bag. I have a gub.
Too bad Al Jaffee is gone. Could have created a witty fold-in for Qevin’s speaker’s portrait.
“I am going to destroy the US economy unless the President does something.”
“What do you want him to do?”
“I don’t know.”
Sounds like a Roadrunner cartoon with Kev playing the coyote.
The only problem is he may take the US and world economy down with him.