House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) wasn’t among the top congressional leaders accompanying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into the Capitol rotunda ahead of his historic speech to lawmakers.
Zelensky met with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) before his slated address.
McCarthy was listed as a member of the escort committee expected to accompany Zelensky into the Chamber, but wasn’t spotted in the group heading to the joint session of Congress.
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McCarthy skips Zelensky's walk out into the rotunda with congressional leaders https://t.co/GzHMwsN11S pic.twitter.com/exGZtkLGaY
— The Hill (@thehill) December 22, 2022
Members of the escort committee:@LeaderHoyer @RepKClark @RepJeffries @RepPeteAguilar@RepGregoryMeeks @RepMarcyKaptur @RepMikeQuigley@GOPLeader@KenCalvert @RepKayGranger @RepMikeRogersAL @RepMcCaul @RepFrenchHill @RepBrianFitz @RepSpartz https://t.co/8gEXtAH72v
— House Press Gallery (@HouseDailyPress) December 22, 2022
Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz are an embarrassment.
Have some respect for the man who stands in front of you and get off your phones.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) December 22, 2022
I’m surprised any of the “usual suspects” even bothered to show up for the speech. And the ones who did like Boebert and Gaetz are indeed ignoramuses. But that’s to be expected. They have to pander to their base which, thanks to the Russian propaganda they subscribe to, now hate President Zelensky and do not support Ukraine in this war.
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