“House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy abruptly withdrew his promising bid to become speaker Thursday as the married congressman was accused of having an affair with another married House member in an anonymous posting on Wikipedia.
Minutes before Republicans were to cast votes to make him speaker-elect, McCarthy stood and told his colleagues that a fresh face was needed to unite the party.
“And I’m not that person,” McCarthy said, according to one person in the room.
Members sat in surprise. At least one female House member started crying, said Rep. Peter King (R-LI).
“This was the shock of shocks,” King told The Post.
On Thursday, the Wikipedia entries for both McCarthy (R-Calif.), who has two children, and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), who has a son, were changed to allege the two were having an affair. They were later taken down.
The Internet address from which the changes were made originated from the Department of Homeland Security in Springfield, Va., according to the Washington Free Beacon.”
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So they send DHS after him and the Secret Service after Chaffetz.
Word is both McCarthy and Elmers will be resigning on Monday.
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Hmmmmmmmmm………
http://nypost.com/2015/10/08/mccarthy-withdraws-candidacy-for-house-speaker/
“House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy abruptly withdrew his promising bid to become speaker Thursday as the married congressman was accused of having an affair with another married House member in an anonymous posting on Wikipedia.
Minutes before Republicans were to cast votes to make him speaker-elect, McCarthy stood and told his colleagues that a fresh face was needed to unite the party.
“And I’m not that person,” McCarthy said, according to one person in the room.
Members sat in surprise. At least one female House member started crying, said Rep. Peter King (R-LI).
“This was the shock of shocks,” King told The Post.
On Thursday, the Wikipedia entries for both McCarthy (R-Calif.), who has two children, and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), who has a son, were changed to allege the two were having an affair. They were later taken down.
The Internet address from which the changes were made originated from the Department of Homeland Security in Springfield, Va., according to the Washington Free Beacon.”
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So they send DHS after him and the Secret Service after Chaffetz.
Word is both McCarthy and Elmers will be resigning on Monday.
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“Minutes before?” Slight exaggeration, I would say.
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