House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif, isn’t even speaker of the House yet, but late-night comedian Stephen Colbert is already making fun of him and how he talks.
“McCarthy has plenty of support from Congress, so he’s got the House part down,” Colbert said on his show, “Late Night With Stephen Colbert.” “But apparently, he’s still working on the ‘speaker.'”
He showed a clip of recent McCarthy speeches in which the expected House speaker is fumbling over his words, including a recent talk in which he said he visited a country called “Hungria.” The clip starts at 3:45 in the video below.
“Now, some people say McCarthy’s trouble in expressing his vision of leadership, or anything else, makes him disqualified to be the speaker of the House,” Colbert added.
“Of the speaker and the House, Kevin McCarthy wants to rise to that opportunity and let every mouth speech as one,” he said, intentionally fumbling over his words as a way to mock how McCarthy speaks in public addresses.
“[He is] like your friend’s dad forcing you to go to church with them,” he added. “[He speaks] strong, English-like words.”
The House GOP is set to vote on Boehner’s successor today. McCarthy is expected to become the speaker nominee, and faces challenges from Reps. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Daniel Webster, R-Fla.
