Scathing Kevin McCarthy says he was ousted as Speaker because Gaetz allegedly ‘slept with a 17-year-old’
Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said he was ousted from his position because Representative Matt Gaetz “slept with a 17-year-old.”
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Kevin McCarthy Suggests Matt Gaetz's Teen Sex Ethics Probe Led To His Ouster
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) suggested Tuesday that the successful effort to oust him from his House speakership last year started with one man — whom McCarthy described in reference to an underage sex investigation but did not explicitly name.
McCarthy says Gaetz forced him out of House speakership ‘to stop ethics complaint’ over sex scandal
The far-right Florida Republican Matt Gaetz forced Kevin McCarthy out as House speaker last year “because he slept with a 17-year-old” and wanted a congressional ethics investigation to end, McCarthy charged on Tuesday.
Adam Kinzinger Slams Kevin McCarthy’s ‘Pathetic’ Defense Of His Infamous Mar-a-Lago Visit
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) torched his onetime colleague Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday for his characterization of his Mar-a-Lago photo-op with Donald Trump in the weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.
6 Months Later, Kevin McCarthy Has Not Changed
Bakersfield, California, product Kevin McCarthy may no longer be in the House speaker’s chair, but the traits that got him there — and arguably also resulted in him being the first speaker ever ousted — remained on display Tuesday night.
Kevin McCarthy Gets Mocked Hard Over Georgetown University Speaking Event
Kevin McCarthy’s stint as House speaker will forever be notorious for the way he backed up former President Donald Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election that led to the 2021 insurrection and aided the Republican Party in opposing a peaceful transfer of power to President Joe Biden.
Fractures in the Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish Americans
Close your eyes and you might be able to conjure the iconic image of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, with a white bushy beard, as he marches alongside Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It's 1965 and they're at the front of the delegation from Selma to Mongtomery, Alabama. Everyone wears big Hawaiian leis – given as a symbol of support and solidarity by Reverend Abraham Akaka.
Biden’s SOTU blasted as 'nakedly partisan' campaign speech: 'Utter disgrace'
President Biden’s State of the Union speech was trashed by prominent political pundits for its political nature, with some likening it to more of a campaign speech than an overview of the state of the country.