(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Buck blames Democrats for "coup" and says this justified McHenry booting Pelosi out ! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-04 What is this guy doing on MSNBC ? WTAF? Brendan Buck during Andrea Mitchell's program called the successful resolution to vacate the chair a "coup" and blamed the Democratic Party for it and said that it justified McHenry booting former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. Is this idiot for real? First off, this is not a coup. This was a vote about a position of leadership within the majority party's caucus. Moreover, this happened because of Kevin McCarthy and McCarthy's own mistakes! The reason why such a resolution could be introduced by one member of his caucus is because of a deal that McCarthy made with fellow republican Matt Gaetz. Additionally, Kevin McCarthy made his lack of principles and integrity plain to see when he took an abrupt turn in how he treated the insurrection. On the day of the insurrection and shortly afterwards, Kevin McCarthy condemned it and mildly criticized Donald Trump. However, three weeks later and Kevin was kissing Donald Trump's ring and asking for forgiveness. He tried to get House Republicans who supported the insurrection and attempted coup onto the January sixth Committee. He attempted to discredit it. He gave the security footage to Tucker Carlson. Furthermore, Kevin McCarthy's dishonesty and failure to keep promises made to President Biden led to this outcome. The final nail in the coffin was likely when McCarthy went on a Sunday political show and blamed democrats for difficulty passing a continuing resolution to keep the federal government open on democrats when House Democrats provided more votes for the CR than did House Republicans. . . Reuters leads us off on why House Democrats had no interest or motive to save McCarthy . McCarthy had repeatedly angered Democrats in recent weeks, including by launching an impeachment inquiry into Biden and on Saturday by giving them little time to read a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown that he needed their votes to pass. Democrats could have saved McCarthy but, after considering it, said they would not help Republicans resolve their own problems. NO DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT Democrats said they viewed McCarthy as untrustworthy after he broke a May agreement on spending with Biden. "Let them wallow in their pigsty of incompetence," Representative Pramila Jayapal told reporters before the vote. . . . . . McCarthy broke promises to republicans and democrats alike. . . McCarthy isn't a trustworthy partner . One Democratic lawmaker who supports ousting McCarthy told CNN, “I have no trust in, nor respect for, McCarthy. He isn’t a trustworthy partner. He makes promises he doesn’t keep and is never true to his word. Negotiations with him are meaningless.” The trust has eroded over time, beginning when McCarthy first cast blame on Trump for the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol only to then meet with him in Florida weeks later. Democrats also have watched hard-fought bipartisan agreements, including the debt ceiling and the National Defense Authorization Act, be thrown aside by McCarthy in pursuit of winning over hardliners. . . McCarthy is dishonest and has no principles. . In the end, no rank-and-file Democrats felt moved to help McCarthy or his party get out of a mess of their own making. “I think he’s likely the most unprincipled person to ever be Speaker of the House,” Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Virginia Democrat, told reporters ahead of the vote. “He’s disdainful, he lies about us, he lies about the process of governance. It’s not even a question of whether or not we should take any particular action.” . . Therefore, there is no justification for McHenry's move against former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. . . NBC News provides copies from the documents . “With all of the important decisions that the new Republican Leadership must address, which we are all eagerly awaiting, one of the first actions taken by the new Speaker Pro Tempore was to order me to immediately vacate my office in the Capitol,” Pelosi said in a statement, referring to McHenry, R-N.C., by his new title."The Speaker pro tempore is going to re-assign H-132 for speaker office use. Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be re-keyed,” the email reads. . More information is provided here . Pelosi added in her statement that the “eviction is a sharp departure from tradition,” saying: “As Speaker, I gave former Speaker Hastert a significantly larger suite of offices for as long as he wished.” “Office space doesn’t matter to me, but it seems to be important to them,” she said. “Now that the new Republican Leadership has settled this important matter, let’s hope they get to work on what’s truly important for the American people.” CNN has reached out to McHenry for comment. House Republican leadership also kicked Rep. Steny Hoyer out of his Capitol hideaway office, his office confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. A Republican aide for the House Administration Committee, which oversees office spaces, told CNN this was not a request made by the committee. . McHenry is a close ally of McCarthy. This was a petty, spiteful, vindictive move of a person who is unable to accept the consequences of the actions of a friend and the caucus as a whole. We don't need somebody on MSNBC who is as dishonest as McCarthy and who is just as unable to accept the consequences of the choices of the former leader of the House Republicans as McCarthy. . . . [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/4/2197384/-Brendan-Buck-blames-Democrats-for-coup-and-says-this-justified-McHenry-booting-Pelosi-out?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/