GOP Rep. throws epic shade at Matt Gaetz and others who ousted McCarthy
Jim Jordan. However, both have failed to win enough support among GOP colleagues.One GOP figure deeply unimpressed by the infighting is Rep.
Tom McClintock. He represents California’s 5th district.On the weekend, McClintock wrote an open letter to the eight Republicans who ousted McCarthy.
He was responding to a letter they published Friday in which they offered to accept “censure, suspension, or removal from the Conference” in order to elect Jordan as speaker of the House.“Dear Wayward Colleague, Your letter of October 20, in which you graciously offer to martyr yourselves as long as you can get your way, is perhaps the most selfless act in American history,” McClintock began, witheringly.“We truly don’t deserve you,” he continued. “Your sacrifice is not in vain.
You have succeeded in replacing the outdated concept of majority rule with an exciting new standard that a Speaker must be elected by 98.2 percent of the Republican conference.“Someday, a messiah will be born unto us who can achieve this miraculous threshold, and on that day your judgment will be vindicated and you will be hailed as the geniuses that you are.”He sarcastically signed his letter, “Your secret admirer.”NEW: Rep.
