The Select Committee on Benghazi devolved into chaos following Kevin McCarthy’s admission that the Benghazi Committee is nothing more than a smear campaign against Hillary Clinton.
The House of Representatives has now been engulfed by the turmoil of the Benghazi Committee circus, as Kevin McCarthy’s Benghazi remarks have forced him to drop out of the race for Speaker. Kevin McCarthy is just the first casualty of Republicans’ over-zealous, unapologetic mission to do whatever it takes, even hijack a branch of government, to take down Hillary Clinton.
House Republicans In Turmoil
- POLITICO: The House GOP’s historic implosion
- New York Times: Kevin McCarthy Withdraws From Speaker’s Race, Putting House in Chaos
- USA Today: Kevin McCarthy abruptly quits speaker race, leaving Republicans in disarray
- Wall Street Journal: House GOP Leadership in Turmoil
- Washington Post: The GOP sinks deeper into chaos. Can it still function as a party?
- Los Angeles Times: Kevin McCarthy’s surprise withdrawal from House race deepens GOP divide
- Vox: Why the House GOP is such a shitshow
- MSNBC: GOP finds itself lacking leadership, direction, and purpose
- Washington Post Blog: Morning Plum: Washington finally figures out that congressional GOP is disastrously broken
- NPR: McCarthy Drops Out Of Speaker Race, Throwing GOP Leadership Into Chaos
- Think Progress: Kevin McCarthy Suggests House Republicans Are Ungovernable, May Need To ‘Hit Rock Bottom’
The Truth? It’s All About Benghazi
- Huffington Post: Kevin McCarthy Becomes Benghazi Committee’s First Casualty
- Chicago Tribune: Foolish McCarthy out after handing Clinton a get-out-of-Benghazi-free card
- Salon: Kevin McCarthy’s real crime: He spoke the truth about Benghazi
- New York Times: Opinion: It’s All Benghazi