WASHINGTON—Awarding him the position solely on the basis of his proven ability to torment his predecessor, the U.S. House of Representatives elected Kevin McCarthy’s eighth-grade bully Todd Jenkins as its new speaker in a landslide vote Thursday. “When you consider his impressive track record of putting Rep. McCarthy…
WASHINGTON—Awarding him the position solely on the basis of his proven ability to torment his predecessor, the U.S. House of Representatives elected Kevin McCarthy’s eighth-grade bully Todd Jenkins as its new speaker in a landslide vote Thursday. “When you consider his impressive track record of putting Rep. McCarthy in headlocks, shoving him into lockers, and giving him cruel nicknames like ‘McCunty,’ there is no candidate better suited to lead the House,” Rep.
Lauren Boebert said of Jenkins, a 59-year-old tire salesman of unknown political affiliation who quickly unified the GOP caucus in a 220-1 vote and, in his first act as speaker, hit McCarthy in the stomach with the House gavel as hard as he could.
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