House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Sunday urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her party to be more concerned with the Left agenda rather than focusing on the needs of the American people.
After Pelosi was re-elected as House Speaker by Democrats, McCarthy’s fiery speech came after retaining a majority in the House with a narrow margin in 20 years.
Stopping to mention Democrats by name, McCarthy called on House legislators to neglect their responsibilities over the past two years, “in some challenging times for our country.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been presented with the Speaker’s Jewel by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., On the opening day of the 117th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Sunday, January 3, 2021.
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“When the need for more epidemic relief was clear, did we deliver a timely lifeline to America? Or did we say that nothing is better than nothing until politics determines our actions?” McCarthy said. “When unrest broke out in cities and communities across the country, did we give the American people the security that we let the police make intimidating calls to defame, protect life, liberty and property?”
For this, many members of the House have heard the boom, while others have cheered the minority leader of the House.
McCarthy then contradicted the Democrats together with the Republican platform, saying his party had really listened to its constituents and that they were “committed to America to” restore our way of life, rebuild our economy and renew the American dream. ”
The fact that no Republican incumbent was defeated in the November election showed that voters “supported common sense, not conflict,” McCarthy said.
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“Defaming the police and working hard was a referendum against a radical agenda. It was a wake-up call,” McCarthy added, adding that he would “never, never, ever” vote to defame the police.
Before officially congratulating Pelosi on his fourth term as House Speaker, McCarthy vowed to fight for the people he represented: “Farmers and oilfield workers who grow up to go to work, who pray to God and the next pay generation well, Make polite. Citizens. ”
“Can we keep that commitment to America? No more false priorities. The American people deserve better. It’s okay to fight for America. It’s okay to fight for American rights. It’s okay to fight for their dreams. It’s okay to fight for their voices.” And most importantly, their voices are audible on this floor, ”McCarthy said.
Pelosi, who has led her party in the House since 2003 and is the only woman speaker, gave McCarthy 216 votes out of 209. It was the first vote of the new Congress, which held a meeting on Sunday with COVID-19 guidelines that required testing and face-covering for legislators.
With a short period of error, Pelosi faced only a handful of Democratic flaws in the latest demonstration of his ability to support the line, and no opponent challenged him for the job.
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Democrats announced Pelosi had final training, while the side of the Republican Chamber was almost empty. The vote took more than two hours, with unusually long legislators being divided into groups to reduce health risks.
The Associated Press contributes to this report.
