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The ousted GOP House Speaker announced on Wednesday that he'd be retiring from Congress by the end of the month—and X users quickly added a community note to his 'I never quit' tweet from September.
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Former House Speaker and current Republican California Representative Kevin McCarthy announced earlier this week that he would be leaving Congress by the end of December — after resolutely insisting that "I never quit" after his ouster from the position of House Speaker in October.
This seemingly abrupt about-face from McCarthy has led to a significant amount of ridicule both online and in the news and X, formerly Twitter, users added to the pile-on in one of the pettiest ways possible: with a fact check courtesy of an X Community Note.
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The rest of the community was loving the shade and got in on the mockery.
Kevin McCarthy is resigning , he says, "to serve America in new ways." By:\n- Becoming Mike Pence's body double\n- Writing a sci-fi series called "Nonentity"\n- Sitting alone at Arby's and pretending he's on the phone\n- Starting a Caucasian Studies program in his back yard
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Spoiler: He quit
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@SpeakerMcCarthy God bless community notes.  \ud83d\ude06
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@LibertyJamison @SpeakerMcCarthy \ud83d\ude02 Comunity notes is \ud83d\udd25
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Never back down never what?
 —  (@)
        

October 6, 2023: Kevin McCarthy tells reporters outside his then-former office he is not resigning, and is looking at running for re-election. \n\nDecember 6, 2023: Kevin McCarthy announces his resignation from Congress, effective end of the month.
 —  (@)
        
Others called out more of McCarthy's hypocrisy and broken promises:
@SpeakerMcCarthy You NEVER KEEP YOUR WORD\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8
 —  (@)
        

@SpeakerMcCarthy You sold us out with the debt ceiling and you never do what is promised. \n\nYou failed the American people!!
 —  (@)
        

@SpeakerMcCarthy Always lying Kevin.
 —  (@)
        

@SpeakerMcCarthy You quit on courage when you refused to allow Zelensky to address the House bc you feared the freedom caucus. While Zelensky stands up against RU invaders, you're afraid to stand up  to the freedom caucus.
 —  (@)
        
McCarthy has certainly talked a big game in the past, but apparently, he can't actually handle the heat.
Before he was removed as House Speaker, he tweeted "Bring it on," seemingly egging on his fellow Republicans to come at him.
Bring it on.
 —  (@)
        
Now that they've called his bluff, he decided to quit completely. And even members of the House are getting in on the mockery.
 Florida Representative Matt Gaetz felt the need to criticize McCarthy after his resignation announcement.
Former @SpeakerMcCarthy is quitting Congress. He\u2019s essentially saying if he cannot run the place as Speaker, then he will leave.\n\nThere\u2019s an Establishment Exodus from the House Republican Conference. It\u2019s my hope that we backfill these establishment entities with folks who are\u2026
 —  (@)
        
California Representative Robert Garcia had some thoughts too:
me:  kind of a mellow day in capitol.\n\nstaff: Kevin McCarthy is resigning.\n\nme:
 —  (@)
        
McCarthy's House term would not have ended until 2025, but he chose a very early resignation from Congress instead.
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Former House Speaker and current Republican California Representative Kevin McCarthy announced earlier this week that he would be leaving Congress by the end of December — after resolutely insisting that "I never quit" after his ouster from the position of House Speaker in October.

This seemingly abrupt about-face from McCarthy has led to a significant amount of ridicule both online and in the news and X, formerly Twitter, users added to the pile-on in one of the pettiest ways possible: with a fact check courtesy of an X Community Note.

— (@)

The rest of the community was loving the shade and got in on the mockery.

Kevin McCarthy is resigning , he says, "to serve America in new ways." By:\n- Becoming Mike Pence's body double\n- Writing a sci-fi series called "Nonentity"\n- Sitting alone at Arby's and pretending he's on the phone\n- Starting a Caucasian Studies program in his back yard
— (@)

Spoiler: He quit
— (@)

@SpeakerMcCarthy God bless community notes. \ud83d\ude06
— (@)

@LibertyJamison @SpeakerMcCarthy \ud83d\ude02 Comunity notes is \ud83d\udd25
— (@)

Never back down never what?
— (@)

October 6, 2023: Kevin McCarthy tells reporters outside his then-former office he is not resigning, and is looking at running for re-election. \n\nDecember 6, 2023: Kevin McCarthy announces his resignation from Congress, effective end of the month.
— (@)

Others called out more of McCarthy's hypocrisy and broken promises:

@SpeakerMcCarthy You NEVER KEEP YOUR WORD\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8
— (@)

@SpeakerMcCarthy You sold us out with the debt ceiling and you never do what is promised. \n\nYou failed the American people!!
— (@)

@SpeakerMcCarthy Always lying Kevin.
— (@)

@SpeakerMcCarthy You quit on courage when you refused to allow Zelensky to address the House bc you feared the freedom caucus. While Zelensky stands up against RU invaders, you're afraid to stand up to the freedom caucus.
— (@)

McCarthy has certainly talked a big game in the past, but apparently, he can't actually handle the heat.

Before he was removed as House Speaker, he tweeted "Bring it on," seemingly egging on his fellow Republicans to come at him.

Bring it on.
— (@)

Now that they've called his bluff, he decided to quit completely. And even members of the House are getting in on the mockery.

Florida Representative Matt Gaetz felt the need to criticize McCarthy after his resignation announcement.

Former @SpeakerMcCarthy is quitting Congress. He\u2019s essentially saying if he cannot run the place as Speaker, then he will leave.\n\nThere\u2019s an Establishment Exodus from the House Republican Conference. It\u2019s my hope that we backfill these establishment entities with folks who are\u2026
— (@)

California Representative Robert Garcia had some thoughts too:

me: kind of a mellow day in capitol.\n\nstaff: Kevin McCarthy is resigning.\n\nme:
— (@)

McCarthy's House term would not have ended until 2025, but he chose a very early resignation from Congress instead.

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