Yeah, he’s never been a smart guy.

Lol I was just having fun. No apology needed.

Thanks for taking me to school Truth. I did not remember any of this but we probably talked about it on here back then. You got a good memory.

Washington CNN — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy dropped out of the race to succeed Speaker John Boehner on Thursday, a shocking move that throws the House into chaos.

A source close to McCarthy told CNN the decision to drop out came down to “numbers, pure and simple,” adding that “he had the votes to win the conference vote, but there just wasn’t a path to 218” – the number of votes needed to lock down the speakership on the House floor.

McCarthy’s candidacy ran into trouble last week after he suggested that the House’s committee on Benghazi was an attempt to hurt Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers.  

Asked if that affected his decision, McCarthy acknowledged: “Well, that wasn’t helpful.” – CNN, Oct. 8, 2015

“I still cannot believe McCarthy gave up so much of his power.”

I can. He’s just that dumb!

In fact, you may recall BD, McCarthy’s lack of intelligence has been on FULL display long before now. It’s one of the main reasons his fellow Repub colleagues in the House rejected his previous candidacy for Speaker in 2015, following Boehner stepping down as Speaker.

In an interview on Faux News McCarthy had shot off his mouth and basically admitted that the Repub Benghazi hearings were sham hearings (a political strategy) designed to do real damage to Hillary Clinton, politically, in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election.

McCarthy dropped out of the race and Paul Ryan reluctantly stepped forward, with the assurance the Speakership was his if he would take it. He took it. And then unexpectedly “retired” from Congress altogether in 2018.