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McCarthy’s vulnerability was evident from the start. After years of offensive comments, McCarthy and the Republican Party moved against Iowa Rep. Steve King
Steven (Steve) Arnold KingRep. Gosar denounces white racism after controversial appearanceIn Marjorie Taylor Greene, a glimpse of the futureHouse votes to kick Greene off committees over embrace of conspiracy theoriesMORE in 2019, but only after he became an object of scorn back home. As one GOP aide put it, King won “a lifetime achievement award for awful comments.” The final straw was a New York Times interview in which King said, “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization how did that language become offensive?” McCarthy blocked King from serving on the House Judiciary and Agriculture committees. Iowa voters later finished the job, voting King out of office in a 2020 GOP primary.
“Congratulations President-elect @JoeBiden,” Boehner
The Ohio Republican attached a photo of him and Biden together.
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Congratulations President-elect @JoeBiden. I know you’re sincere in your desire to be a president for all Americans, and I know you’ve got the tools and the heart to get it done. #Laetarepic.twitter.com/ZHoZ43AhyK John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) January 7, 2021
Boehner served as Speaker for more than four years during the Obama administration, when Biden was the vice president.
Congress affirmed Biden’s victory early Thursday morning after a pro-Trump mob broke into the Capitol the day before, leaving the building vandalized and at least four dead in its wake.
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