If you were still watching yesterday when the House of Representatives took a vote that ousted Kevin McCarthy from his post as speaker, you probably saw a man wearing a bowtie presiding over the event.
That man is Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who was serving as speaker pro tempore, and an action he took after the votes had been tallied and the speaker’s office formally declared as vacated has gone viral and resulted in McHenry getting heavily trolled on social media.
Here’s the video of McHenry’s “sulk slam” as HuffPost dubbed it, courtesy of Ron Filpkowski:
The gavel didn’t do anything. Jeez. pic.twitter.com/I0TWxHK3Qf
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 3, 2023
Damn! That is one angry and uptight little man.
Reaction on Twitter was absolutely hilarious.
Fixed it. pic.twitter.com/Vi89uhnmhp
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 3, 2023
The last time McHenry was this pissed off was when he spent $100 for a ticket to Six Flags & found out when he got there that he was too short to go on any of the rides.
— Fuckface Von Fishstick🇺🇦 (@FfaceVonFstick) October 4, 2023
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Tz2c6wFGS9
— Mazinga 🌊 (@thegreatmazinga) October 3, 2023
With one gavel slam, Rep. Patrick McHenry summed up the entire maga movement-a bunch of rage filled white grievance babies with anger management problems
— L S D 𝕏 (@LSDSHARP) October 3, 2023
Mock the Rep. Patrick McHenry gavel slam all you like.
But when Kevin McCarthy takes him to a carnival, he's walking out of there with the biggest stuffed teddy bear you've ever seen.pic.twitter.com/YkEX2WXCqh
— Chip Franklin.com (@chipfranklin) October 3, 2023
If you can think of a better way to stay in shape for watermelon season, we're all ears. pic.twitter.com/C1wJ0ImVLP
— Gmork (@JackFro03367504) October 3, 2023
