McCarthy: Cultists “Just Want To Burn The Place Down”

Mediaite reports:

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has lost patience with conservative rebels in his caucus after losing a procedural vote to begin debate on a defense funding bill on Thursday.

Surrounded by reporters in the Capitol Building, McCarthy called the situation “frustrating in the sense that I don’t understand why anybody votes against bringing the idea and having the debate.”

“And then you got all the amendments if you don’t like the bill. This is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole place down. It doesn’t work,” he continued.

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Kevin McCarthy on House Republicans voting down their own defense bill for the second time:

“This is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole place down. That doesn’t work.” pic.twitter.com/16dhf6awmf

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