George Takei just destroyed Kevin McCarthy

| 10:15 pm EDT May 23, 2021
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is in over his head, and he just keeps digging a deeper hole. He came out against the January 6th commission when he realized he was likely going to be subpoenaed as a witness, but 35 members of his own caucus defied him and voted for it anyway.

Now McCarthy is trotting out that old tired ridiculous Republican argument that anyone who opposes them is somehow a “socialist.” Actor and activist George Takei was having none of it:

George Takei also had this to say about another important issue: “If lawmakers truly are concerned about protecting teens who might be uncertain about whether or how to transition, the last thing they should do is criminalize in-state therapy. Don’t drive kids to the Internet alone to provide medical and psychological guidance.”