AOC and Rep. Jamie Raskin made a livestream of their reactions to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's interminable speech about how bad the infrastructure bill is. They zeroed in on the rouge's gallery of Trump cultists flanking McCarthy as he bloviated, including Rep. Greg Pence of Indiana, who proudly aligns himself with the bloodthirsty fanatics who demanded to execute his brother on the capitol steps earlier this year.
Choice quotes:
AOC: "Here we have Representative Clyde, who said that January 6th was a collection of tourists. Meanwhile, I heard that he was crying like a little baby on the day that it was happening."
Raskin: "Are you moved by the fact that Vice President Pence's brother is sitting next to a group of people who defend the insurrectionists who were chanting 'Hang Mike Pence!'"
AOC: "I mean, you have Ted Cruz, that the President humiliates his family. And he goes to bat for him. And then you have this man, sitting next to people who were encouraging folks who literally wanted to harm his own family. I don't understand it. I don't understand it. But I mean, hey. Anywho this man clearly will not stop talking, but has nothing to say."
Full transcript:
Raskin
[McCarthy's] more upset about climate action, and universal pre-K and Medicare-covering hearing than he is about his own guy, Gosar, creating a violent homicidal cartoon that he put up on the internet and refused to take down for you. And they're really upset, because we censured him for it yesterday. And I heard you made a beautiful speech yesterday, and I missed it. But I'm gonna check it out tonight after I hear this one of the greatest speeches in American history. I mean, not since the Gettysburg Address. Has America witnessed a speech like this?AOC
I mean, the Gettysburg address was elegant and brief.Raskin
You could fit 100 and maybe 20 Gettysburg addresses in what he has done already.AOC
Let's look at let's re examine this peanut gallery right over here. Okay, ready? All right, this right here, Mike Pence's brother, also a member of Congress. I mean, you know, whatever. Okay. Here we have Representative Clyde, who said that January 6th was a collection of tourists. Meanwhile, I heard that he was crying like a little baby on the day that it was happening. Um, and I mean look at all this folks, again, stunning diversity in the House Republican caucus. And then of course, we have their leader. So you know, I mean…Raskin
Well, but are you moved by the fact that Vice President Pence's brother is sitting next to a group of people who defend the insurrectionists who were chanting "Hang Mike Pence!"AOC
I mean, you have Ted Cruz, that the President humiliates his family. And he goes to bat for him. And then you have this man, sitting next to people who were encouraging folks who literally wanted to harm his own family. I don't understand it. I don't understand it. But I mean, hey. Anywho this man clearly will not stop talking, but has nothing to say.
