“We look like a bunch of fools” -- Fox News host launches blistering attack on the Republicans opposing Kevin McCarthy
Jeanine Pirro: “They're making the Republicans look ridiculous”
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From the January 5, 2023, edition of Fox News' The Five
JEANINE PIRRO (CO-HOST): I'm angry about it. You know why? They're making the Republicans look ridiculous. First of all, I like Kevin McCarthy, okay? Why wasn't this done ahead of time? Why are we doing this in front of the public? We look like a bunch of fools, okay?
And Lauren Boebert, you know, with all due respect, I mean, the women barely won her race. You're holding out until Kevin falls. What is the alternative? What do you want? What is the option? What can people agree on? You want the Republicans to vote -- to get the Democrats to get a Speaker of the House? Can you imagine Nancy Pelosi saying, let me get some Republicans so that I can be the Speaker? I can put them on committees.
This is an embarrassment. And I've got to tell you, that the -- it's gone on long enough, it shouldn't have happened this way. He's done everything. You're lowering the threshold to boot him to one person to get a vote, to boot him out of Congress.