Emergency Video: Kevin McCarthy is a social third grader
The "elbow incident" isn't new
The amazing story came out today where Rep. Burchett of Tennessee was elbowed in the kidney by Former Speaker McCarthy, in front of the media. I’m sure Kevin had no clue that it would be witnessed by others, and thought he could do it and file it under the “he said, he said” category if Burchett went public.
This isn’t new for Kevin. It happened to me, twice. As I discuss in my new book, Renegade, twice on the floor of the House, Kevin passed me and shoved his shoulder into me…as he kept walking. The first time I was so surprised that I thought it was a joke at first, until I remembered that it had been almost a year since we had spoken, and our relationship was, how shall I say, strained.
A similar event happened a few months later, again, walking past me in an isle on the floor.
I discuss here, with some deeper thoughts, in my “Emergency video”
Thanks for having the guts to turn over this rock. With class. What a small man McCarthy is. And how sadly diminished our Congress has become, with members such as McCarthy, Gaetz, MTG, Bobert, Gosar...
I'm a Democrat, and one of most liberal ones I know - in fact, the Democratic Party is too conservative, or too political, for me. But I so wish that you were still in Congress Mr. Kinzinger. I'm old enough that I remember when Congress was full - well, maybe not full - of Republicans like you and I miss it. Our country is so much poorer for the bipartisan dysfunction that is so rampant these days. You are one of my heroes for all of the things that you say in this post.