{"id":1074,"date":"2023-02-08T14:30:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T19:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2023-02-08T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T19:30:20","slug":"kevin-mccarthy-shades-nancy-pelosi-reveals-whether-he-plans-to-tear-up-bidens-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1074","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy Shades Nancy Pelosi, Reveals Whether He Plans To Tear Up Biden\u2019s Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tossed a barb at his predecessor on Tuesday, explaining in a brief video clip why he does not intend to tear up his copy of President Joe Biden\u2019s speech following his State of the Union address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s reference was clearly aimed at former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who sparked outrage from the Right \u2014 and applause from within her own party \u2014 when she stood and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/watch-pelosi-rips-up-trumps-speech-during-state-of-the-union-gets-ripped-on-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ripped up her copy<\/a>&nbsp;of former President Donald Trump\u2019s 2020 State of the Union speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA lot of people have been asking if I\u2019m planning on ripping up President Biden\u2019s speech tonight. Here\u2019s my answer,\u201d McCarthy tweeted along with the video clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A lot of people have been asking if I&#39;m planning on ripping up President Biden\u2019s speech tonight. Here\u2019s my answer: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WRlAlYgCbs\">pic.twitter.com\/WRlAlYgCbs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy\/status\/1622953529223823360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou know, I don\u2019t believe in the theatrics of tearing up speeches,\u201d McCarthy said, adding, \u201cI respect the other side. I can disagree on policy, but I want to make sure this country is stronger, economically sound, energy independent, secure, and accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCarthy gave&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/speaker-mccarthy-blasts-biden-democrats-in-major-speech-this-is-the-greatest-threat-to-our-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his own speech<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday, one day ahead of Biden\u2019s State of the Union, torching Democrats for continuing down the path of reckless spending followed by repeatedly raising the debt ceiling instead of adjusting the spending in order to pay down the debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThanks to four years of runaway spending by the Democrats, they increased annual discretionary spending by $400 billion \u2013 that\u2019s a 30% increase in just four years. They took our nation\u2019s credit card, spent like crazy, and left us in deep debt. But not once did they seek or accept any responsibility. Instead, they doubled down,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 2021, Democrats passed the largest debt limit increase in American history,\u201d he added. \u201cThen, they maxed out our nation\u2019s credit card again just 13 months later. Now, President Biden wants Congress to raise the debt limit yet again \u2026 without a single, sensible change to how government spends your hard-earned money. None.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden\u2019s address on Tuesday evening is expected to focus on economic gains and will be immediately followed by a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-to-deliver-gop-rebuttal-to-bidens-state-of-the-union-address\/\" target=\"_blank\">Republican response<\/a>\u00a0given by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article:<a href=\"https:\/\/freedomalerts.com\/2023\/02\/07\/kevin-mccarthy-shades-nancy-pelosi-reveals-whether-he-plans-to-tear-up-bidens-speech\/\">https:\/\/freedomalerts.com\/2023\/02\/07\/kevin-mccarthy-shades-nancy-pelosi-reveals-whether-he-plans-to-tear-up-bidens-speech\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tossed a barb at his predecessor on Tuesday, explaining in a brief video clip why he does not intend to tear up his copy of President Joe Biden\u2019s speech following his State of the Union address. McCarthy\u2019s reference was clearly aimed at former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who sparked outrage from the Right \u2014 and applause from within her own party \u2014 when she stood and&nbsp;ripped up her copy&nbsp;of former President Donald Trump\u2019s 2020 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1075,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions\/1075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}