Conservative campaign consultant and Lincoln Project founder Steve Schmidt went off on an epic Twitter rant on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) late Friday, calling the senior Republican leader a "coward" who will shamelessly lie in an effort to maintain his position of power.
McCarthy is currently under the gun to appoint GOP House members to a select committee tasked with investigating the Jan 6th insurrection and, according to Schmidt, no one should expect much from a man he regards as "deeply dishonest and cynical."
Starting off, "There are many reasons to have contempt for Kevin McCarthy. He seems to be a man absent any virtues except an easy amiability and indefatigable spirit in pursuit of pleasing other Members vanities," Schmidt added, "He has a virtuosos talent for personal debasement in the performance of the small political tasks that determine the rise and fall of GQP flotsam in Conference politics."
With that he was off and you can see read his brutal assessment of McCarthy below in his series of tweets.
political tasks that determine the rise and fall of GQP flotsam in Conference politics. McCarthy is many things; he… https://t.co/Qbc9mBGvtX— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1625269113.0
away when he opens his mouth. His lack of principle and core convictions are self evident to any person with the w… https://t.co/4E45k2hta1— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1625269114.0
of the American system of government, not because he believes in Trump or the autocratic cause but rather because h… https://t.co/p1fQktdNe8— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1625269115.0
They loved the country McCarthy has betrayed. It is an empty and loathsome betrayal that will one day consign him t… https://t.co/TtcfKUf6ep— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1625269117.0
Women who defended and expanded freedom in this country with nothing but moral and physical courage. We celebrate h… https://t.co/kiWh1oAQ39— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1625269118.0
Stain his great grandchildren as surely as the name Arnold stained Benedict’s . What a disgrace.— Steve Schmidt (@Steve Schmidt) 1625269118.0
