Do we now know why McCarthy suddenly dropped out of the vote for House Speaker?

Question

Is it because he was was carrying on a long running affair with a Congresswoman?

Multiple sources within Bakersfield, North Carolina, & on Capitol Hill tell Gotnews.com that Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Renee Ellmers (R-NC) have been carrying on a long-running affair since 2011.

The affair is something of an open secret in Washington, D.C. Reporters at other publications, lobbyists, congressional staffers of both parties all know about it. One staffer for a congressman describes it as the “biggest open secret” in D.C. A lobbyist describes Ellmers as a “social climber who has ingratiated herself” with McCarthy.
http://gotnews.com/breaking-exclusive-dc-sources-rep-kevin-mccarthy-rep-renee-ellmers-affair/

Answer 1

That would be an alleged affair but no not why he stepped down. For one thing the speaker needs 218 votes to actually be elected which wasn't going to happen once Chefftz from UT threw his hat in but it's also a thankless job even more so now that a group calling themselves something like the Freedom Crap (I just forget what they actually call themselves duh!) but an ultra conservative group of 40 house members are insisting anyone who runs sign a form acquiescing to their specific list of demands which basically states they do what they want OR ELSE. I don't care if you're a Democrat or a Republican these people were not elected to run their own private agenda at the expense of this country and that's exactly what they want to do. Obviously they're not a majority with only 40 but they are doing what typical brats who have tantrums in public do. That also explains why Paul Ryan isn't jumping at the chance though many think he'd win. Anyone from the group of 40 would never win, either needing that 218 vote count. The speaker can't run his agenda he has to do what's right for the majority plus work across the aisle. There are a few who don't understand world economy and say shut down the government except it would be catastrophic. Not just for us. A solution needs to be found for what they want the way it's always been done: judiciously. Don't blackmail the people of this country and other elected officials just to get your way you were not elected to run your personal agenda regardless what it is. For some it's a ridiculous as demanding there be mandatory underwater basket weaving taught in schools but not anything else if you understand my point. (I was once an elected official and read and read and read, too otherwise I wouldn't know any of this!)

Answer 2

From his own answer on Quora;

"When I said that my leadership style is based on listening, I meant it. You may have trouble believing this – I truly didn’t seek public office to be someone, but to do something for our country.



I know people are angry at Congress. I know people are frustrated by Washington’s seeming inability to do the work that you send people there to do. I know people are skeptical of anything an elected official has to say. To be completely candid, I understand why you feel that way, because I feel the same way.



I truly believe that we are here as public servants; our job is to work for you – period. Your public servants should not be here to gain power or positions; we should be here to do what’s best for our country.



House Republicans need a new leader that can unite them, and after many days of talking with my colleagues, it became clear that I would not be that person. The selection of a new Speaker can never be about a single person, it must be about doing what s right for the country.



We need a new start – a fresh face who can bring Congress together. I hope that my choice will help heal the wounds that are keeping well-meaning people from finding common cause for our country.

"

Answer 3

I said 2-3 days ago that he dropped out because there were skeletons in his closet.



He doesn't want the press delving too deeply into his past. I don't think that messing around with a woman that wasn't his wife was the worst of the skeletons. Having an affair isn't illegal. But I think there are some things that he's done that could be illegal. That's what he hopes to hide.

Answer 4

The supposed "affair", by itself might not have stopped him, but add to that the huge gaff about the Benghazi committee and he was done. Who in their right mind would want to be speaker of the house. Trying to get republicans to agree with each other on anything is next to impossible. Right now Boehner is starting to look good, given the alternatives. God help us if some far right tea party republican becomes speaker. The present congress is a do nothing congress, with a conservative it can only get worse.

Answer 5

In 2010, Renee Ellmers defeated Bob Ethridge for the NC District 2 Congressional seat. You might remember Bob as the man who assaulted a student who was trying to interview him (see link). Bob Ethridge was the poster child for "Corrupt Politician". In his long career in Washington, Bob facilitated every scummy Democratic plan ever proposed. After Renee defeated Bob, do you think he just retired and enjoyed himself? Of course not. Instead, Bob spent his days plotting against the woman who took his House Seat away from him. So now we're seeing the results of Bob's craftiness. Renee is in a scandal and Bob is sitting in his little room and laughing demonically as it all plays out. What a loser.

Answer 6

Do you not read the paper or listen to the news? Besides admitting the republican party in congress unlawfully used tax payers money only to discredit Hilary Clinton for political gain. He is uneducated, and can not speak a coherent sentence, except admitting targeting Mrs.. Clinton just to hurt her politically. He also has not done anything meaning full in all the time he was in congress. Only 2 bills to rename something.

Answer 7

Because the conservatives and Tea Party types saw another Boehner type and they refused that, they would like a Paul Ryan type that refuses to run because Ryan knows that with these unrealistic Tea Party types that the job will be h e l l and he doesn't want to live day to day subject to their constant no govt. rhetoric. Paul Ryan would rather get on Fox news and tell us how Obama has sent this country to h e l l financially and touts the financial austerity blah, blah, but doesn't have the guts to live with his decision making every day.

Answer 8

He doesn't want to be responsible for ruing the country's credit rating if we have another inane government shut down, especially seeing as it would be over fictional video tapes.



As long as the Freedumb Party is driving the bus the republicans will do nothing but damage our country.

Answer 9

1) Because of false accusations cooked up by ultra-right-wing fanatics hoping to ensure that no SANE or REASONABLE person became House Speaker, because they hate reason and sanity, and 2) He didn't want to deal with the headache of having to deal with the afore-mentioned crazed maniacs, and who can blame him? The highly-ironically named "Freedom Works" and Tea Party nutcases have made governance impossible, since they would rather have NOTHING than to "only" get 90 or 95% of what they want, since that would mean other people got 5 - 10% of what THEY wanted, and that's compromise and therefore EVIL and totally unacceptable, so they will choose to get NOTHING rather than make a deal which would force them to compromise their "values"...

Answer 10

sorry, genius, if "i did not have sex with that woman" didn't phase the voters, I doubt this would've either. lets face it, slick willie set the standard with that one. it was the idiotic Benghazi comment, I'm sure as well as peoples anger with congress personified. I will give him credit for one thing. I never thought four murders could be trivialized so well with "what difference does it make" and the subsequent coverup". the knee jerk reaction of the Obama and Clinton faithful to that remark he made will surely trump it.

Answer 11

NO. We do not know for a fact why he decided not to seek the position. Rumors are always abound in such cases. I do however believe (not know) that he like Boehner, would not have a full backing by many in their party, thus there would always be resentment and battles within.

Answer 12

Not familiar with any affairs he may or may not have had. The reason he quit is quite simple. Admitting to using congressional funds / committees for the sole purpose of fabricating dirt on Clinton (via the Benghazi committee) is the reason.

Answer 13

I haven't heard about this and I would have by now, given the Twitter accounts I follow. But I don't really care. But I don't want anyone supported by the Freedom Caucus, or whatever they're calling themselves these days.

Answer 14

Maybe he was intimidated by the popular Presidential campaign of Deez Nuts:

http://bofadeez.blogspot.com/2015/08/greatest-day-in-history.html

Answer 15

Because he did not control his mouth and made statements the GOP did not want acknowledged. One is the true nature of the Benghazi and Clinton. To think it is one thing but to say it is another, what kind of leader tells the truth?

Answer 16

He's afraid of what we might find if look any further. That's the ONLY reason one of these Republican scumbags would drop out of anything that means more power.

Answer 17

Yes and we better appreciate why present congressional

majority interest must be voted out of office starting 2016.

Answer 18

If for one second you think this is the only member of Congress

knocking on someone elses door in DC. Your either intensely

stupid or completely naive. It is commonplace. He left for he

had lost the connection he had for leadership when he attacked

Hillary.

Answer 19

I don't know the real reason, however, I did hear it had something

to do with a threat from Congress members.

Answer 20

No. But it scares me that even an absolutely worthless idiot like McCarthy passed on the job.

Answer 21

It wasnt sudden. The Republicans have plotted since day one the revelation of Mccarthy .

The lies told by them to hurt Clinton's campaign for President.

Answer 22

I don't know. Tell me a story about John Edwards.

Answer 23

My ant say it s becuz he was carrying on an affair with his houseboy and it had leaked to the press. :He was afraid the house would find out he s been puffing pickle," she says. But my ant s a real ****. Don t know if I believe her.

Answer 24

He realized he just didn't want to Captain for a ship of fools.



That, and his affair which was about to be exposed.

Answer 25

Yes. He was instructed to drop out. Easy when you know how government works.

Answer 26

Who knows

Answer 27

No idea why I just no McCarthy did

Answer 28

Because he is a milk toast. We need someone stronger. I think liberals have proved how they want to do things, and they are not willing to work together. We need to take that into account.

Answer 29

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Answer 30

Nope

Answer 31

An affair

Answer 32

Yup

Answer 33

An affair

Answer 34

Yes. Her commitments to the new Ghostbusters film have left her exhausted.

Answer 35

We know that someone with an IP address in the Department of Homeland Security edited Wikipedia to allege an affair. Our tax dollars at work!

Answer 36

No big deal ... everyone need a little on the side , just ask the Clintons.

Answer 37

Maybe it had to do with the fact that he was in Congress for less than a year and he was unqualified.

Answer 38

so they had some insurance to make sure that John Edwards fell back.....the game is real....how long ago was the fling??? Someone is always watching and listening and recording the facts......

Answer 39

It's been said merely that he didn't feel he would do a good job at convincing Dems to change their votes. And frankly I don't think Ryan is a good choice either. How about Gingrich?

Answer 40

He was threaten by the republican mafia. They put a horses head in his blanket and he woke up in blood screaming.... Ahhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhh aghhhhhhhhhh

Answer 41

He had a fling with a congresswoman from North Carolina and didn't want it to get out.

Answer 42

Tired of fighting

Answer 43

he do not want to run for house speaker anymore

Answer 44

Who knows? It may have been because he doesn't want his past to come to light.

Answer 45

Ohhh ik cause his braincells wanted

Answer 46

He wasn't ready for prime time

Answer 47

Green eggs and ham

Answer 48

He's also really, really, inarticulate. Beyond "W" Bush in this regard.

Answer 49

Well, it's not proven but it's possible.

Answer 50

Cause congress could never agree.

Answer 51

He saw how much shlt boehner had to take as speaker.

Answer 52

No, Supa'. WE do not know why. And quite frankly, WE do not care.

Answer 53

yes. he was told to drop out

Answer 54

He didn't have the votes. The freaky caucus didn't support him.

Answer 55

Because he didnt htink he would win

Answer 56

I think he had an affair with one of his aides.

Answer 57

Nobody knows for sure.

Answer 58

Don't vote in ANYONE, DON'T VOTE!!

Answer 59

two disgusting people had an affair

Answer 60

Adultery would be a good reason.

Answer 61

yes because of cake

Answer 62

Your question: " Do we now know why McCarthy suddenly dropped out of the vote for House Speaker? Is it because he was was carrying on a long running affair with a Congresswoman? Multiple sources within Bakersfield, North Carolina, & on Capitol Hill tell Gotnews.com that Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Renee Ellmers (R-NC) have been carrying on a long-running affair since 2011. The affair is something of an open secret in Washington, D.C. Reporters at other publications, lobbyists, congressional staffers of both parties all know about it. One staffer for a congressman describes it as the “biggest open secret” in D.C. A lobbyist describes Ellmers as a “social climber who has ingratiated herself” with McCarthy."



One of the above is true:



_____ No.

_____ Yes.

_____ Maybe.



But in fact I really do not care, it is a sideshow.



There are far more important things to know about government corruption than that alleged sex lives of elected political hacks.



Those things have no effect on national security.



This does:



"Russian bank hires two former U.S. senators [former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., and former Senator John Breaux, D-La.,] U.S. sanctions against Russia are becoming a boon for Washington's lobbyists", by Alexander Cohen, The Center for Public Integrity, September 2, 2014

• http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/02/15450/russian-bank-hires-two-former-us-senators



"At the heart of the tale are several men, leaders of the Canadian mining industry, who have been major donors to the charitable endeavors of former President Bill Clinton and his family... As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons..."

by JO BECKER and MIKE McINTIRE, 23 April 2014, The New York Times

• http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?_r=0



"Caught on open mike, Obama tells Medvedev he needs ‘space’ on missile defense… ‘This is my last election,’ Obama interjects. ‘After my election, I have more flexibility.’ "

by David Nakamura and Debbi Wilgoren, 26 March 2012, Washington Post

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-tells-medvedev-solution-on-missile-defense-is-unlikely-before-elections/2012/03/26/gIQASoblbS_story.html

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In case you don't know, negotiating missile defense from the viewpoint of the Russian dictatorship refers to convincing NATO nations to not be able to defend themselves from Russian aggression.



At the same time the above incident occurred, Russian agents provocateurs were exporting Russian nationalist propaganda and Russian weapons to militants in Ukraine. Since that time Russia has annexed Crimea and intends to continue in acquiring territory by the same method.

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“House Chooses New Cold War With Russia… Last week the US House voted overwhelmingly in favor of an anti-Russia resolution so full of war propaganda that it rivals the rhetoric from the chilliest era of the Cold War… The resolution condemns what it claims is a Russian invasion of Ukraine (for which it offers no proof) and Russian violation of Ukrainian sovereignty. But it was the US, by backing a coup against the democratically elected Yanukovich government in February, that first violated that country’s sovereignty.”

by Ron Paul, 7 December 2014 (Pearl Harbor Day)

• http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2014/december/07/house-chooses-new-cold-war-with-russia/

• http://rt.com/usa/211799-paul-congress-russia-war/



“Why is Russian TV Backing Ron Paul?... the Texas congressman is getting enormously favorable coverage from a foreign propaganda outlet—Russia Today television… Russia Today (RT) television, which has been accused of serving as a vehicle for Russia’s intelligence services, puts the question of media coverage of the campaign in a new context—one of foreign interference in U.S. politics. The channel is carried in the Washington, D.C. media market by MHz Networks, a subsidiary of Commonwealth Public Broadcasting, which receives $3 million a year from federal and state government”

by Cliff Kincaid, 16 August 2011, Accuracy In Media

• http://www.aim.org/aim-column/why-is-russian-tv-backing-ron-paul/

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And so on.

Answer 63

yea

Answer 64

yah

Answer 65

stress

Answer 66

The correct response can be learned from Hillary..... So......????????

Answer 67

He was told to

Answer 68

yes probably

Answer 69

a republican screwing around, who would have thought LOL

Answer 70

No

Answer 71

No

Answer 72

b everything is a lie lol

Answer 73

cause he is a ***** thats why

Answer 74

no we don't

Answer 75

Heterosexuality really gives liberals the creeps, unless the heterosexual is Bill Clinton molesting women.

Answer 76

turmp is gasy

Answer 77

no, I don't know :(

Answer 78

because he was done

Answer 79

who would want it?

Answer 80

because he didn't feel t

Answer 81

no

Answer 82

no

Answer 83

no

Answer 84

no

Answer 85

indeed we do

Answer 86

do we?

Answer 87

Lies.

Answer 88

NO

Answer 89

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