Move The F**king Motion
Kevin McCarthy loses his cool as right wing extremists of his own Party challenge his leadership with threats to remove McCarthy as Speaker.
Kevin McCarthy is between a rock and hard place. Matt Gaetz and MAGA extremists are are demanding a government shutdown to force unpopular budget cuts, while swing district Republicans fear that path is political suicide. In a closed-door meeting, a frustrated McCarthy dared the members of his own caucus to follow through on their threats saying, “If you think you scare me because you want to file a motion to vacate, move the fucking motion!”
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has a majority so slim he is effectively a prisoner in his own party’s most reckless extremists. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
The Rage of the Toddler Caucus on Capitol Hill, The New Yorker | 9/14/2023
By Susan B. Glasser
Not even a Biden impeachment can soothe them out of a government shutdown.
Kevin McCarthy's leadership is too weak to overcome the party extremists who want to saddle every proposal with culture war provisions and a government shutdown looms just days away.