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demmiblue

(36,853 posts)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:02 PM Dec 2018

McCarthy calls on incoming Democrats to embrace bipartisanship, not 'food fight' or investigations

Source: The Hill

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is encouraging incoming Democratic lawmakers to embrace bipartisanship, arguing such an approach benefits constituents more than a "partisan food fight" and investigations.

In a letter written to the soon-to-be freshman Thursday, the California Republican expressed his willingness to work with them and offered to meet with them during the 116th Congress.

Democrats are set to take over the House majority on Jan. 3.

“As you acknowledged in your letter to Democratic leadership, legislating is the number one priority of the legislative branch. I agree,” he wrote.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/421319-mccarthy-calls-on-incoming-democrats-to-embrace-bipartisanship-not-food-fight



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McCarthy calls on incoming Democrats to embrace bipartisanship, not 'food fight' or investigations (Original Post) demmiblue Dec 2018 OP
Nice Try Kev Me. Dec 2018 #1
The Democratic Party leadership's reply to this should be....... Jack from Charlotte Dec 2018 #31
Yes, welcome them to work with us NO TO FASCISM Dec 2018 #65
Just like the GOP has been doing since 2008? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #2
Since the '90s at least ! sandensea Dec 2018 #7
"Starr wears leather Teddies under his outer clothes" pass it on RVN VET71 Dec 2018 #49
I wouldn't be surprised sandensea Dec 2018 #50
Damn, that's rich after watching 6 years of obstructing President Obama groundloop Dec 2018 #3
that really takes a lot of nerve renate Dec 2018 #4
Democrats respond: madaboutharry Dec 2018 #5
And this: demmiblue Dec 2018 #17
Spot on! RVN VET71 Dec 2018 #52
Danger, danger! Lefta Dissenter Dec 2018 #86
Love this song and sadly blue-wave Dec 2018 #88
X100000 Zoonart Dec 2018 #25
Or, to put it simply, mikehiggins Dec 2018 #90
What a sick turd. Calling for bipartisanship when Repugs are no longer majority in the House, alwaysinasnit Dec 2018 #6
I didn't even hear that. ffr Dec 2018 #8
Maybe one of the Dems investigations can be of the NRA. You can be sure a dolt like McCarthy Hassler Dec 2018 #9
Your side first, Kev! Initech Dec 2018 #10
Donald Trump's behavior has merited the on going investigations...... ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2018 #11
Yeah Kev, shove it up your ass JHan Dec 2018 #12
This is silly coming from Mr. Benghazi Gothmog Dec 2018 #13
Such fucking scoundrels Power 2 the People Dec 2018 #56
Fuuuuuuuuuukkkkkkkyyyyyyoooooouuuuuuu! docgee Dec 2018 #14
My sentiments exactly Happyhippychick Dec 2018 #16
Yep n/t shanti Dec 2018 #85
Ok Silly Boy Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2018 #15
GOP dictionary definition of bipartisanship: tanyev Dec 2018 #18
And if any Democrat hesitates, they call it obstructionism dalton99a Dec 2018 #68
Please someone tell me he was laughed out of the room. Because that's Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2018 #19
I would rather we act like you Republicans have for the last 8 years. That way we can get Autumn Dec 2018 #20
What the Democratic members will do is defend the Constitution Marthe48 Dec 2018 #21
Remember this Gothmog Dec 2018 #22
You abrogated your responsibility to the nation, and when we govern, you will see what governing is. FreepFryer Dec 2018 #23
Hahahahahahahahaha.................................................................................. raging moderate Dec 2018 #24
I call on Senator McCarthy to ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #26
We can meet him halfway Bettie Dec 2018 #27
Sure mrmule Dec 2018 #28
OK, sure... volstork Dec 2018 #29
oh stfu!!! samnsara Dec 2018 #30
Let's see how many bipartisan votes we get for examining Trump's tax returns Freethinker65 Dec 2018 #32
Maybe we should investigate *you* first, eh? durablend Dec 2018 #33
Kevin McCarthy 2016: EarlG Dec 2018 #34
Lmao...excellent comparison and pop culture reference! Docreed2003 Dec 2018 #103
all they do is play Lucy - Football - Charlie Brown. Go eat shit, Kevin McCarthy - karma time! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #35
I have one word that comes to mind: Benghazi Jarqui Dec 2018 #36
Like McTurtle did in the Senate when PBO Ilsa Dec 2018 #37
Here got a message for your asshole..................GO FUCK YOURSELF............... turbinetree Dec 2018 #38
... NurseJackie Dec 2018 #39
And Keep In Mind Me. Dec 2018 #41
Hey, Kev. STOW IT! sprinkleeninow Dec 2018 #40
I call BS. And why is he called "House Majority" leader. We just won the House, he is minority ldr iluvtennis Dec 2018 #42
Fuck McCarthy he didn't want anything to do with democrats when they had the majority. blueinredohio Dec 2018 #43
You funny, Kevie. sheshe2 Dec 2018 #44
F@@k McCarthy, do not, dooooo not work with or play nice with fascists nt elmac Dec 2018 #45
We'll show you bipartisanship wryter2000 Dec 2018 #46
I hope someone shouting "PHUCK YOU!" could be heard KCDebbie Dec 2018 #47
Dems to McCarty..........Kevin Who????? W T F Dec 2018 #48
fuck him, you can't be a shit bag asshole your whole career and then all of a sudden gopiscrap Dec 2018 #51
Hey Shitbag.. Armymedic88 Dec 2018 #53
Didn't you just have an 'investigation'? SummerSnow Dec 2018 #54
... Cirque du So-What Dec 2018 #55
I think the freshman Dems should meet with him Raven123 Dec 2018 #57
Hastert rule. nt wiggs Dec 2018 #58
Yeah, like the repukes embraced bipartisanship for the last 2 years MiniMe Dec 2018 #59
Investigate "My Kevin's" in-laws for fraudulently claiming to be Native Americans in order deurbano Dec 2018 #60
this could and should be it's own OP.... dhill926 Dec 2018 #64
Of COURSE he says that...NOW. Did he say that earlier this year? Or last year? (crickets) nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #61
Eat it, McCarthy. You Repubs have been slinging shit at us for years and now you want us to be nice sueh Dec 2018 #62
He's got a lot of nerve central scrutinizer Dec 2018 #63
Perfect song. n/t tinymontgomery Dec 2018 #96
Bipartisanship? Ummmmm. . . . NO! BigDemVoter Dec 2018 #66
Hey, McCarthy... LudwigPastorius Dec 2018 #67
FU Ferrets are Cool Dec 2018 #69
I was going to say MissMillie Dec 2018 #73
Different chapter. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2018 #94
Obama tried that. Republicans would not even pass things they had advocated for. TryLogic Dec 2018 #70
3 words for Kevin: go fuck yourself. Vinca Dec 2018 #71
Oh like they did with Hillary! nt doc03 Dec 2018 #72
Uhh, Kev, what about the Supreme Court seat you owe us, fuckwipe? nt progree Dec 2018 #74
As General McAuliffe so eloquently stated 74 years ago this month,... mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 #75
Incoming Democrats call on McCarthy to go fuck himself. Squinch Dec 2018 #76
Кевин Маккарти ! stonecutter357 Dec 2018 #77
McCarthy has more nerve than a toothache. Golden Raisin Dec 2018 #78
He can just go fuck off. Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #79
Food fight? UpInArms Dec 2018 #80
Democrats have serious corrections to make... Guilded Lilly Dec 2018 #81
Galatians 6:7 Beartracks Dec 2018 #82
Has-been majority leader MaryMagdaline Dec 2018 #83
F' that. CentralMass Dec 2018 #84
Awww Kev blue-wave Dec 2018 #87
Yah jeffreyi Dec 2018 #89
F*k him lark Dec 2018 #91
Oh, like with Obama? Oneironaut Dec 2018 #92
The nerve! Nitram Dec 2018 #93
Karma is a b*tch, Mr. Bengazi, and she's got sisters coming for ya too MFGsunny Dec 2018 #95
Oh HAHAHAHA! F*CK OFF! Kev. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2018 #97
LOL Go fuck yourself mccarthy. you fuckers changed the rules of the game, now it is our turn Takket Dec 2018 #98
FUK you..... cntrfthrs Dec 2018 #99
Ha..Ha..Ha..From the turds who spent more time investigating Benghazi than they did 9/11 AKing Dec 2018 #100
Man, does he need to fuck right off. JDC Dec 2018 #101
GOPers first. Democrats work for solutions when GOPers act serious about important issues. n/t Hoyt Dec 2018 #102
Hey Mr. MINORITY Leader in waiting, MuseRider Dec 2018 #104
REALLY? demosincebirth Dec 2018 #105

Jack from Charlotte

(2,367 posts)
31. The Democratic Party leadership's reply to this should be.......
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:21 PM
Dec 2018

"Glad to hear Mr. McCarthy express this and he can be assured we'll work with the opposition on anything that helps our country."

Or something like that..... and then you.......cut off his head and sh*t down his neck, to coin a phrase.

But never, never make aggressive, hostile comments to the traitorous opposition. The media boys and girls love reporting on comments that sound conciliatory and will not forget it if you blast the opposition.

Don't talk.......shoot.

 

NO TO FASCISM

(40 posts)
65. Yes, welcome them to work with us
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:53 PM
Dec 2018

and then we stick to our values which most people support. But we always have a smile on our face. Of course, we want to drain the swamp so we must investigate in order to see where the slime is.

RVN VET71

(2,690 posts)
49. "Starr wears leather Teddies under his outer clothes" pass it on
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:15 PM
Dec 2018

And who is that young man with the glazed-over, boozily vacant expression on his face behind a younger, but still hypocritical, sexually deviant Starr? Why, wait, I'll be dingy-donged if it ain't that Rapey McPrivilege kid, thinking about the unsuspecting gals at last night's party he roofied and molested? And perhaps pleasuring himself with the memories?

RVN VET71

(2,690 posts)
52. Spot on!
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:20 PM
Dec 2018

Every utterance made by the hypocritical borderline-traitor obstructionists in the GOP -- and their abettors -- needs to be responded to with this video. Love the song. Love Lily!

Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)
86. Danger, danger!
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 11:09 PM
Dec 2018
.E.A.R.W.O.R.M. .A.L.E.R.T.

It’s been a while since I have heard this song, and I’ve been playing it on endless loop since you shared it here. She may have written it for George W., but I’m singing it tonight for every member of the trump administration, every member of his family, anyone who ever said a kind word about that man, and, most particularly, anyone who voted for him.

blue-wave

(4,353 posts)
88. Love this song and sadly
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 01:00 AM
Dec 2018

still very appropriate today as it was back when she first sang it. And Lily, well she is beautiful!

alwaysinasnit

(5,066 posts)
6. What a sick turd. Calling for bipartisanship when Repugs are no longer majority in the House,
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:05 PM
Dec 2018

yet had no problem being totally partisan when Dem votes weren't needed.

ffr

(22,670 posts)
8. I didn't even hear that.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:06 PM
Dec 2018

Last edited Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:17 PM - Edit history (1)

It's our way or the highway. We get 4 years of it, at a minimum for the way you mistreated us.

Get used to it or get run over, pal!

Hassler

(3,377 posts)
9. Maybe one of the Dems investigations can be of the NRA. You can be sure a dolt like McCarthy
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:07 PM
Dec 2018

Is involved.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,785 posts)
11. Donald Trump's behavior has merited the on going investigations......
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:08 PM
Dec 2018

Kevin McCarthy is smoking some wacky tobaccy if he thinks the Democrats are going to abandon their duties and make sure Trump is not held accountable. Just because they refused to do their jobs, the Democrats are poised to do theirs.

For Republicans to even suggest Democrats toe the line is complicity is Trukp's mounting crimes.

Sucha NastyWoman

(2,748 posts)
15. Ok Silly Boy
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:10 PM
Dec 2018

Just go along with everything we want and we’ll be happy to call it bipartisanship, and Americans will be way better off.

tanyev

(42,558 posts)
18. GOP dictionary definition of bipartisanship:
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:11 PM
Dec 2018

When Democrats give Republicans everything they want and never ask questions or investigate. Bipartisanship.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
19. Please someone tell me he was laughed out of the room. Because that's
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:11 PM
Dec 2018

the only reasonable outcome when it comes to that giant display of balls.

Autumn

(45,084 posts)
20. I would rather we act like you Republicans have for the last 8 years. That way we can get
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:11 PM
Dec 2018

important stuff done. Fuck off McCarthy

Marthe48

(16,959 posts)
21. What the Democratic members will do is defend the Constitution
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:12 PM
Dec 2018

and listen to their constituents. So, diametric opposition to what the pukes do. Have at it, Dems!

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)
23. You abrogated your responsibility to the nation, and when we govern, you will see what governing is.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:13 PM
Dec 2018

Buckle up, buttercup.

raging moderate

(4,305 posts)
24. Hahahahahahahahaha..................................................................................
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:15 PM
Dec 2018
No words

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
26. I call on Senator McCarthy to
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:16 PM
Dec 2018

Shut the fuck up and take his seat promptly before Pelosi loses another shoe up another repuke fucker's ass.

Bettie

(16,109 posts)
27. We can meet him halfway
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:17 PM
Dec 2018

give him precisely the amount of "bipartisanship" that his side extended to ours.

Oh, wait, that's zero, zip, nada. Oh well, better luck next time Kevin.

Freethinker65

(10,021 posts)
32. Let's see how many bipartisan votes we get for examining Trump's tax returns
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:21 PM
Dec 2018

The tax returns that might shed light on potential emoluments violations and foreign debt holders

Jarqui

(10,125 posts)
36. I have one word that comes to mind: Benghazi
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:27 PM
Dec 2018

F'k them ....

... better still ...


................ Thoughts and prayers ....

turbinetree

(24,701 posts)
38. Here got a message for your asshole..................GO FUCK YOURSELF...............
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:30 PM
Dec 2018

in fact take a gigantic suppository and twirl on it..................

Me.

(35,454 posts)
41. And Keep In Mind
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:32 PM
Dec 2018

he doesn't want to be called the Minority Leader...he wants to be called the Republican Leader

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)
51. fuck him, you can't be a shit bag asshole your whole career and then all of a sudden
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:20 PM
Dec 2018

expect the opposition to forget about it and play nice.

Raven123

(4,842 posts)
57. I think the freshman Dems should meet with him
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:31 PM
Dec 2018

And I hope they record the meeting. A few minutes with some of these sharp, no bull freshmen would prove educational for McCarthy.

deurbano

(2,895 posts)
60. Investigate "My Kevin's" in-laws for fraudulently claiming to be Native Americans in order
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:35 PM
Dec 2018

to procure millions of dollars from federal contracts in Kevin's district!

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mccarthys-in-laws-made-millions-off-dubious-native-american-heritage-claim

A construction company owned by the in-laws of House Republican second-in-command Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was awarded more than $7 million in federal contracts since 2000 based on a “dubious” claim of Native American heritage, the Los Angeles Times reported in a lengthy investigation Sunday.

William Wages, whose sister Judy is married to McCarthy, the House Majority Leader, claims he is one-eighth Cherokee. He is a member of the Northern Cherokee Nation, which is not a federally-recognized tribe and which the Times reported is considered a fraud by tribes that are federally recognized.

The company, Vortex, also employs McCarthy’s father-in-law and sister-in-law, and his mother-in-law is a co-owner. McCarthy’s wife stepped down as a partner in 1995, which William Wages said was to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest with McCarthy.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) accepted Wages’ claim of Native American heritage in 1998, making his company eligible for federal contracts designated for “socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.”

Contracts for projects at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, which sits at the edge of McCarthy’s district, made up the majority of the $7 million in no-bid and “other federal contracts,” the Times found....

Cherokee genealogist David Cornsilk called Northern Cherokee Nation “very much a con.

Wages and McCarthy both denied McCarthy having any involvement in the construction business, though McCarthy has supported millions in funding for programs at China Lake....

Wages, the Times said, acknowledged not participating in Cherokee culture growing up. But he has claimed in state filings, under penalty of perjury, that he had been “subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias, or have suffered the effects of discrimination, because of my identity.”

sueh

(1,826 posts)
62. Eat it, McCarthy. You Repubs have been slinging shit at us for years and now you want us to be nice
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:44 PM
Dec 2018

to you????? Not going to happen!

TryLogic

(1,723 posts)
70. Obama tried that. Republicans would not even pass things they had advocated for.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:06 PM
Dec 2018

McConnell focused on making Obama fail, said so openly, wanted to make sure he was a one term president. Don't buy any Republican crap.

Republicans have been defending and protecting Trump. That makes them coconspirators.

Republicans have repeatedly shown who they are. Don't buy any Republican crap.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,446 posts)
75. As General McAuliffe so eloquently stated 74 years ago this month,...
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:40 PM
Dec 2018

Mc Carthy, McCarthy.... Does that sound like the sort of name that someone born in the United States would have? Perhaps we should check his birth certificate.

Golden Raisin

(4,608 posts)
78. McCarthy has more nerve than a toothache.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:53 PM
Dec 2018

Democrats should show McCarthy and Republicans the same sort of bipartisanship and collegial cooperation that Republicans dished out for the last 2 years. No offense to Michelle Obama but NO high road. Congressional Democrats should uphold their Constitutional duties and a good swift kick in Republican balls wouldn't be out of place or unmerited.

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
81. Democrats have serious corrections to make...
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:56 PM
Dec 2018

Thanks to the belligerent,self-serving Republican thugs that have gleefully and arrogantly been destroying Democracy.

THAT is the Democrats mission. Represent the people.

Deal with it. You now have to, Pal.

Beartracks

(12,814 posts)
82. Galatians 6:7
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:03 PM
Dec 2018

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

=============

lark

(23,099 posts)
91. F*k him
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 10:00 AM
Dec 2018

Repugs are dictators when they are in charge and run roughshod over the minority, spending $40 million on Benghazi which they caused in their first place by reducing embassy security funds. They are such liars and hypocrites, they just revel in it. They wouldn't let bills that had bipartisan support come to the floor because Dems were in favor of it - the heinous 1% fluffers. Bet he went back to his cadre of traitors and they had a huge laugh about this. Any Dems who go along with this pretense really don't care about Democratic ideals in the first place (No Labels etc.). They are traitors and try every trick in the book to steal power and when even their best efforts fail, they still want a place at the policy table to continue their destruction.

Fuck them all, I am beyond sick of their criminality and traitorousness against the USA and in favor of dictatorships.

Oneironaut

(5,495 posts)
92. Oh, like with Obama?
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 10:05 AM
Dec 2018

“We don’t care what you do. We’re going to block every single action you do, even if it would benefit the country as a whole, and even if we agree with it. Why? Screw you - that’s why!” - Republicans since 2011.

They can go stuff it.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
102. GOPers first. Democrats work for solutions when GOPers act serious about important issues. n/t
Sat Dec 15, 2018, 11:31 PM
Dec 2018

MuseRider

(34,109 posts)
104. Hey Mr. MINORITY Leader in waiting,
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 12:10 AM
Dec 2018

you can take that bipartisanship and shove it up your ass. The way you guys behaved all this time makes me think you do not even know what that word means and that is giving you way more credit than I feel the entire lot of you deserve.

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