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50 Under 50 #12: Patrick McHenry
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50 Under 50 #12: Patrick McHenry
Patrick McHenry (R-NC 10th District) United States Representative
He has a "nerdy hot" thing going on. And I like it.
The North Carolina Republican faced sharp attacks from President Donald Trump after he voted against his massive tax and spending bill on Sa
Igor Bobic at HuffPost:
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced Sunday he won’t be seeking reelection, setting up a contentious race to replace him in the battleground state of North Carolina. “As many of my colleagues have noticed over the last year, and at times even joked about, I haven’t exactly been excited about running for another term,” Tillis said in a statement on Sunday. “That is true since the choice is between spending another six years navigating the political theatre and partisan gridlock in Washington or spending that time with the love of my life Susan, our two children, three beautiful grandchildren, and the rest of our extended family back home. It’s not a hard choice, and I will not be seeking re-election.”
Tillis’ announcement came just hours after President Donald Trump attacked him for opposing his massive tax and spending bill on the Senate floor on Saturday. Trump accused the senator of grandstanding and threatened to back a primary challenger against him. “Numerous people have come forward wanting to run in the Primary against ‘Senator Thom’ Tillis. I will be meeting with them over the coming weeks, looking for someone who will properly represent the Great People of North Carolina,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. Tillis, a "centrist" Republican who was elected to the Senate in 2014, explained Saturday that he couldn’t support Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” because of how it would threaten Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in North Carolina. The legislation includes historic cuts to the safety net program totaling $800 billion.
[...] Tillis’ announcement comes as good news for Democrats, who were already hoping to recruit former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to run for the seat. The popular former governor is said to be considering it. Former Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.) also announced his campaign for the Senate seat earlier this year.
Republicans have many possible candidates to replace Tillis in the Senate, including Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), former Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, and Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law and former co-chair of the Republican National Committee.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) will be heading for the exits, as he announce that he won’t run again. This could be a prime flip opportunity for the Democrats.
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The Guardian: Thom Tillis won’t seek re-election after clash with Trump over ‘big beautiful bill’
Patrick McHenry
Democrats stand united as McCarthy is ousted.
October 4, 2023
ROBERT B. HUBBELL
Kevin McCarthy was removed as Speaker of the House on a motion to vacate the chair—a first in our nation’s history. The unprecedented nature of the vote speaks to McCarthy’s unique unfitness, lack of moral character, and ever-present mendacity, as well as to the collapse of the Republican Party. The small margin by which McCarthy lost—eight votes—conceals the deeper division revealed by the defection of 90 Republicans on Saturday’s continuing resolution to fund the government.
McCarthy proved his unique unfitness to serve as Speaker when he made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to kiss Trump's ring on January 28, 2021—three weeks after Trump incited the assault on the Capitol.
McCarthy proved his lack of moral character when he voted to oust Liz Cheney from his Republican leadership team for standing up to Trump's treason.
McCarthy proved his venality when he promised to remove Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from the House Intelligence Committee to gain votes for the Speakership.
McCarthy proved his untrustworthiness when he empowered a GOP representative to negotiate terms for a joint commission to investigate the events of January 6. When the GOP representative got everything Republicans wanted, McCarthy walked away from the agreement, forcing Democrats to form a special committee without Republicans (except for Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger).
McCarthy proved his lack of integrity when he granted Tucker Carlson exclusive access to surveillance tapes from inside the Capitol on January 6.
McCarthy proved his duplicity when he said that a vote was necessary to open an impeachment inquiry and then opened an impeachment inquiry of President Biden without an authorizing vote.
McCarthy proved his mendacity when he lied to the American people and President Biden about his commitment to funding levels in the 2023-24 budget when making a deal to raise the debt ceiling in May.
Ultimately, McCarthy lost the Speakership because he had lied to everyone—friend and foe alike. No one trusted him. He will forever be a “double asterisk” in the history books—a speaker who was elected after fifteen contentious rounds of voting and the first speaker in our nation’s history to be removed on a motion to vacate. McCarthy deserves the humiliation and opprobrium attached to the inglorious end of his ignominious political career.
But the House Republican caucus also lost on Tuesday. It does not have a governable majority. (It never did.) Despite ridding itself of McCarthy, the House GOP remains hostage to the extremist elements in the caucus, a fact that bodes ill for any effort to pass a budget or keep the government open— let alone pass legislation to advance the interests of the American people.
The “Party of No” has entered a permanent Twilight Zone in which its sole reason for existence is opposition, its only unifying principle is grievance, and its lone tactic is chaos.
It does not matter who Republicans elect as Speaker; the next Speaker will be controlled by eight Republicans who managed to oust McCarthy. Until Republicans acknowledge they do not have a functional majority and must reach out to Democrats to create a governing coalition, every Republican Speaker will be a temporary occupant of the office.
Republicans will go through the motions of electing a speaker capable of governing their caucus. They will fail. In the meantime, Democrats maintained unity and discipline throughout the chaotic tenure of Kevin McCarthy. That is a hopeful sign for future Democratic control of Congress. The most important lesson of McCarthy’s loss on Tuesday is that the only path forward is through the Democratic Party. Tell a friend!
Coda.
When the motion to vacate passed, GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry was appointed as acting Speaker under protocols relating to “continuation of government” in the event of a disaster.
Rep. McHenry will likely occupy the “acting” role for ten days (or less) and has little authority other than ensuring the election of the next speaker. But Rep. McHenry’s first act was to order Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi to vacate her private “hideaway” office in the Capitol by Wednesday (a day when Pelosi will be at memorial services for the late Senator Dianne Feinstein. See Politico, McHenry ordered Pelosi to leave her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday.
Although the reason for Rep. McHenry’s communication is unclear, it appears that he wants to claim Nancy Pelosi’s office for himself. Per Politico, the email to Nancy Pelosi said:
“Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be re-keyed,” wrote a top aide on the Republican-controlled House Administration Committee. The room was being reassigned by the acting speaker “for speaker office use,” the email said.
Rep. McHenry’s insulting first act is an inauspicious start to the post-McCarthy interregnum. Let’s hope that someone tells Rep. McHenry that evicting Nancy Pelosi from her private office while she is attending a funeral is a bad look.
McHenry, who's made opposing same-sex rights one of his signature stances, is being accused of banning an out gay lobbyist from his office..
From the October 4, 2023 article:
An out lobbyist is accusing the North Carolina Republican of blatant homophobia. Jimmy Williams, who now works as a social media consultant, tweeted Tuesday night that McHenry once banned him from his office due to his sexual orientation. “Hey Mr Acting Speaker, remember when I was your lobbyist from @realtors? You banned me from your office because I was gay,” Williams tweeted. “I’ve never forgotten. Ever. Now that you’re the Acting Speaker, you should answer for what you did to me aka blatant homophobia.”
(Via Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters.)
Hot Daddy Politicians: North Carolina
The major politicians that I’d fuck from North Carolina.
Governor of North Carolina, Roy Cooper (D)
I'd easily Gov. Cooper as he seems like the type who'd want his dick sucked constantly.
United States Senator from North Carolina, Richard Burr (R-NC) & Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Of the senators, Burr is my clear favorite as Tillis would just get a courtesy tap.
United States Representatives from North Carolina, David Price (D-NC 4th District), Dan Bishop (R-NC 9th District)
Patrick McHenry (R-NC 10th District), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC 1st District) & David Rouzer (R)
Out of the 5 Representatives from North Carolina here, David Price is my favorite. But I have two dark horses in Patrick McHenry & David Rouzer that really be hot down the line. Well, at least to me.
Spoiler: the vote was along party lines.
Donald Trump just became the third United States president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives.
The House voted to charge President Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of congress Wednesday night after lots and lots of evidence shows he pressured Ukrainian officials to dig up dirt on his political rivals. The final vote was 230-197 for abuse of power and 229-198 on obstruction (Maine Representative Jared Golden split his ticket.)
Trump now joins Presidents Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson as the only presidents ever to fuck up this badly (Nixon resigned before he was impeached). He also scored the most "yes" votes for impeachment ever: What a legacy.
In a not-so-shocking vote along party lines, North Carolina Democrats David Price, G. K. Butterfield and Alma Adams voted to impeach the President while spineless Republican cronies Dan Bishop, Ted Budd, Virginia Foxx, George Holding, Richard Hudson, Patrick McHenry, Greg Murphy, David Rouzer, and Mark Meadows voted to back their cult leader.
Click link to see tweets from the Reps.