Republican Kevin McCarthy’s House Speaker Acceptance Speech
Automated Transcript By Speak
I am going to annotate parts of the speech and keep up with the lies.
“Our responsibility is to our country. Two months ago. You voted for a new direction for our country. You embraced our commitment to America. And now we’re going to keep our commitment to you.”
Voters ‘chose’ a new direction in the House thanks to Gerrymandering. Since states can’t be gerrymandered, states chose to keep going in the same direction.
“It’s a commitment for an economy that’s strong.”
Jobs?
Unemployment?
“Where you could fill up your tank of gas and feed your family where paychecks grow and not shrink. “
How?
“It’s a commitment for a nation that’s safe where communities are protected.”
Have you compared the crime rate between McCarthy’s Bakersfield and the Border’s El Paso? Which place is safer?
“Law enforcement is respected and criminals are prosecuted.”
How did you say that with a straight face? Really? Members of your party are demanding that the January 6th rioters be let free! Gosar, Greene and others are attacking law enforcement!
You have fellow House members that want to let them all go free!
The rioters are criminals!
“A commitment for the future that’s built on freedom. Where children come first and are taught to dream big. Because in America. Dreams can still come true. A commitment for a government that is held accountable.”
Accountable?
Accountable?
“Where Americans get the answers they want, need, and deserve. Our system is built on checks and balances. It’s time for us to be a check and provide some balance to the president’s policies.”
Checks and Balances? Really?
“There is nothing more important than making it possible for American families to live and enjoy the lives they deserve. That is why we commit to stop wasteful Washington spending, to lower the price of groceries, gas, cars, housing”
Again, HOW?
“And stop the rising national debt”
The 2016 GOP platform promised to balance the budget.
In 2017 the GOP and Donald Trump gave Berkshire-Hathaway $29 Billion (with a B!)
“We pledge to cut the regulatory burden.”
For donors
“Lower energy costs for families. And create good paying jobs for workers by unleashing reliable, abundant American made energy”
Biden approves largest oil, gas lease sale in US history, steamrolls eco review with inflation bill
“President Biden reinstated the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history, essentially steamrolling the need for environmental review, by signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law on Tuesday.”
“I know the night is late. But when we come back, our very first bill. Really appeal the funding for 87,000 new IRS agents.”
Blatant Lie #1
“You see? We believe government should be to help you, not go after you. We’re gonna pass bills to fix the nation’s earns challenges from wide open southern borders.”
Blatant Lie #2 – Record Drug Seizures and Immigrant Encounters is NOT a Wide Open Border
“To American last energy policies to woke indoctrination in our schools.”
Blatant Lie #3 – There are no cat litter boxes in schools. No one is teaching CRT.
“Will also address America’s long-term challenges, the debt.”
The 2017 GOP Tax Cut caused us to have more debt. Threatening to default on our federal debt unless Social Security and Medicare are cut is NOT addressing the debt – and you realize the GOP has a lot of older voters?
U.S. debt default could wipe out 6 million jobs and $15 trillion in wealth, Moody’s says
“The U.S. economy could plunge into another recession this fall if Congress fails to lift the debt ceiling and the nation is unable to pay its obligations, according to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi. The fallout would wipe out as many as 6 million jobs and erase $15 trillion in household wealth, he estimated in a report.
The debt limit is the maximum amount the U.S. is permitted to borrow to pay its debts. If the amount of government debt hits that threshold without lifting the ceiling by current mid-October deadline estimates, the U.S. would be unable to pay interest on the trillions it already owes and could default — something that has never happened in the nation’s history.”
“And the rise of the Chinese Communist Party. Congress must speak with one voice on both of these issues. This is why we will end wasteful Washington spending. From now on. If a federal bureaucrat wants to spend it they will come before us to defend it. As for the Chinese Communist Party? We will create a bipartisan Select Committee on China. To investigate how to bring back the hundreds of thousands of jobs that went to China.”
Ivanka’s Trademark Requests Were Fast-Tracked In China After Trump Was Elected
Again, how? Apple and others are private enterprises that make decisions on where they manufacture their products.
“And then we will win this economic competition. Now, Speaking of committees. We will hold the swamp accountable from the withdrawal of Afghanistan.”
Blatant Lie #4 – Donald Trump and Michael Pompeo surrendered to the Taliban
“To the origins of COVID”
Blatant Lie #5
Blatant Lie #6 – Didn’t you say “respect law enforcement” earlier?
“We will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done.”
Now you are just being silly!
Enforcing unprecedented subpoenas for GOP lawmakers turns on complex legal precedent going back centuries
“House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and the four other Republican holdouts have yet to say if they will comply with, defy or challenge the order.”
Jan. 6 committee never got McCarthy, key Trump aides to testify. Here’s who they are.
“More than 1,000 witnesses cooperated with the inquiry, but dozens of key figures either defied subpoenas or refused to answer questions by citing executive privilege or because of their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.”
” This chamber. Is now fully open for all Americans to visit. I want to give all Americans a personal invitation. You are welcome.”
YOU are the reason is was CLOSED – Remember?
“That’s why one of our very first hearings. Will be held on the southern border. No more ignoring a crisis of safety and sovereignty. We must secure our border.”
Those hearings will tell you we need more asylum judges, court rooms and staff.
“You can stay. Not also like to thank my constituents. In California Central Valley. Yes, and especially in my hometown of Bakersfield. I don’t know if you’re familiar with music.
But as Buck Owens sings. How many of you? That sit and judge me have ever walked the streets of Bakersfield. Well, I’ve walked those streets my entire life. I know it’s people. They’re hardworking and relentless optimistic about our future.”
I have already shown you how Bakersfield is not as safe as El Paso? Remember?
“My most favorite spot in this building. Is not in this Chamber. It’s in the chamber they met before in Statuary Hall. It’s my favorite place to take people on a tour. You see, it’s where Abraham Lincoln served.”
Abraham Lincoln would not recognize THIS Republican Party
“Want you to go into that conference room? I want you to see another portrait. My Members know of this. It’s of Washington crossing the Delaware. You all know the story. It happened on Christmas 1776.
There was no iPhone to take a picture. People wonder when it was painted. It wasn’t painted by someone who was there. It was painted in 1850 and 1851. He was an immigrant who lived in America, Emmanuel Lenz.
You know why he painted it? Because he knew America was more than a country. America was an idea. He went home to Germany. And he wanted Germany to have a revolution based upon the values and freedoms. That we defend every day.
His talent was art. So he believed if he painted this painting, he could inspire his countrymen to rise up. For the idea of freedom. While many historians will tell you he didn’t get it correct. They’ll tell you Washington crossed on a Durham boat.
But he paints it. With Washington in a rowboat. You see 13 people, but only twelve faces. You see Washington standing up in a rowboat in the middle of winter, wearing a ceremonial uniform with his hand on his chest. He looks so stoic. You would look at that man, you’d say. I follow him anywhere you probably believe.
That he never lost the battle. But history would tell us at that moment, at that time, he had only lost. We had never won. You see, that was the night of our first victory as a nation. When we surprised the Hessians. But when you look at that painting.
Don’t look at Washington. I want you to look at who’s in the boat. You see? The second rower in the beret? He’s Scottish. The person directly across from him, the green rowing in the exact same cadence.
It’s an African American. You come down right to the middle in the red. The person who’s rowing the strongest is a woman. And in the very back is a Native American. I don’t know from a historic fact if they were in the boat that night. But to this young immigrant who had lived in America, that’s who he believed would be in the boat.
The second to last person is a farmer. He could be from Bakersfield, not sure. His hand goes across his face. People debate this part. But what I see?
There’s a hand of the 13th person nobody sees. You see, what I believe Emmanuel is saying is. Here we are. Battling. For the creation of the idea of freedom.
That every individual is equal, not a perfect nation, but striving to be a more perfect union, having lost every battle against the greatest challenge with the strongest nation. Having lost them all, but willing to do it on our holiest of nights. With a hand reached out and asking if you would join us. That’s as true today as it was then. If we let everybody in the boat.”
Blatant Lie #7 may be the biggest lie!
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Our nation is worth fighting for. Our rights are worth fighting for. Our dreams are worth fighting for. Our future is worth fighting for. Therefore. With love for this country. And charity for each other. Let us now take our oath.
And be worthy of the office on which we are about to enter. God bless everybody in this Chamber, and God Bless America.”
