It’s almost certain that former Congressman Don Young would have voted for Rep. Kevin McCarthy as Speaker. McCarthy squeaked by with 216 votes in the midnight hour of Friday night, after 15 rounds of voting were conducted in the U.S. House of Representatives over the course of four days.
More than a year ago, Rep. Young was a defender of McCarthy’s eventual rise to the Speaker’s Office. Back then, McCarthy was the leader of the Republican minority in the House, and Nancy Pelosi was Speaker.
Young, in an interview with The Washington Post in December of 2021, dismissed the Freedom Caucus in the House, who were already talking about blocking McCarthy, of Bakersfield California, from being elected Speaker if the Republicans won the majority in 2022.
“Show me anybody else can do the job better than he can,” Young said to a reporter. He also criticized the Freedom Caucus members who wanted to punish Young and 12 other Republicans for voting for an infrastructure bill that year. “These guys shooting their mouth off are just not really thinking very well.”
Young’s successor, Rep. Mary Peltola, voted against McCarthy 15 times over the course of four days this week, casting her vote instead for radical Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who called Donald Trump a fake president who had won office only because of Russian interference. Trump handily won both of his elections with Alaska voters, and Trump endorsed McCarthy for Speaker.
Although Peltola ran on the promise that she would honor the legacy of Congressman Young, it’s clear she has her own path, a distinct agenda, and loyalty to the Democratic Party and the lobbyists who helped her win.
Peltola, while voting for Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker, sent out a campaign-style mailer at taxpayer expense this week:
Alaska, with just one member of Congress, is now represented by a member of the minority party in the House for at least the next two years.
Peltola ranks 358 out of 434 elected members in terms of seniority, down in the 18% range, and in her own political party she ranks 178th in seniority, which puts her in the bottom 16%. Only 35 Democrats in the House have less seniority than Peltola, due to her having won the special election to replace Congressman Young in August, ahead of the Nov. 8 regular election, during which Alaska voters chose her over the Republicans on the ballot.
The oath taking omitted the Bible??
Which tells me all I need to know about Don Young
Young got swampy. It’s inevitable except for the truly virtuous.
Don Young was a contemptible and corrupt swamp creature, so it’s no surprise at all that he would support fellow swamp creature Kevin McCarthy. Don Young was a classic example of the need for term limits, for ALL politicians.
Wut? I agree with Jefferson?
Hath Hell just frozen over?
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I guess we have finally found the minuscule overlap in our political Venn Diagrams.
Right! We shall enjoy this unanimity for years to come, yes?
Mostly shows how deep into the swamp Young had sunk.
Who could do better? Damn near anyone.
Don Young was so deep in the swamp that he was on the verge of officially becoming Peat Young.
Mary Peltola was and is a nobody, a conjured-up product of RCV, designed to induce an ego-maniac (Sarah Palin) into a race against conservative Nick Begich. The two equally squared, viable candidates (Palin/Begich) allowed a diminution of strong balloting to the point where the nobody candidate (Peltola) was elected by a definitive minority of the voters. It’s that simple.
Well said.
Please show me Begich’s conservative feats. (Sarcasm on full throttle) Oh I know of one, supporting Berkowitz for mayor, how about having his Uncle Mark as a business partner? With voters like you doing such deep candidate vetting I can’t understand how Peltola won either.
Michael,
You are right, the Begich voter types are the problem – they are RINO’s generally – but can’t see it. The establishment politicians give them comfort – for some reason – they enjoy the status quo – Trump sent mean tweets so they didn’t think he was “Presidential”.
What a pathetic sight McCarthy as Speaker is going to be. Here’s a new term: SINO – Speaker in Name Only. He’s going to spend his poor, miserable tenure being bossed around by the likes of MTG the Neanderthal, Bobert the knocked-up dropout/burger flipper, and Gaetz the Accused. I pity him in a way, but you know, it’s the price he deserves to pay for his nauseating obsequiousness towards Trump.
Term limits please….
And, Flat Tax please…
Yes that way we don’t need 87 thousand federal employees to investigate us taxpayers.
Anyone not a uniparty pawn could do better.
Many unitary pawns could, too.
One of the biggest reasons we’re in this mess is Don’s ego. He should have stood down a decade ago.
He could have groomed and campaigned for a successor. But his ego couldn’t let him do it.
Then again, as swampy as he became, maybe Mary was exactly the replacement he hoped for.
True words, Masked! Couldn’t agree more!
However, apparently Young was grooming a replacement. Josh Revak. He would have been just as swampy as Don!
Let’s put term limits in the State Constitution. We badly need that change…….the swamp is so bad and corrupt it makes us sick and business is never done for the needs of the state but only the pockets of the congressman and senators. Term Limits!!! Term Limits!!! What is the purpose of grooming anyone for what? Just open the pocket and let the money flow in…. Really? Get Term Limits done!!!
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