Rep. Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was mocked on social media after saying President Biden doesn’t have the “energy of Donald Trump” after meeting with him for the first time in Biden’s presidency.
Speaking with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, the House Minority Leader claimed that “at no time, having known Joe Biden for quite some time, does he have the energy of Donald Trump. We both know it.”
“Donald Trump didn’t need to sleep five hours a night, and he would be engaged. If you called Donald Trump, he would get on the phone before staff would,” McCarthy added.
The California Republican, along with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) were interviewed on “Hannity,” a show where he likely will see McCarthy’s comments.
McCarthy’s comments were met with a slush of mockery on social media.
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Trump was hopped up on Adderall but ok
— Rusty Tough (@RustyBryant12) May 15, 2021
It’s so grotesque that @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy and Republicans keep building up Donald Trump as this beacon of modern day strength and masculinity.
The truth is that the man is morbidly obese and bakes himself regularly in a tanning booth. He’s an absolute mess. pic.twitter.com/3v6esRik9m
— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) May 15, 2021
We’re still witnessing the largest under-reaction to a violent insurrection led by a sitting president in the history of humankind. It’s because the Republican Party/trump are experts at one thing: Denying the premise of reality and convincing people anti-government is government
— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) May 15, 2021
Thank God Biden isn't in our faces 24/7, but actually doing normal, beneficial, productive Presidenting.
— PolitLaureate, M.A. (@politlaureate) May 15, 2021
These people are so stupid and uninformed they still think its some badge of honor, some sort of cred that you don’t sleep, rather than a sign of manic dysfunction.
— Terry Dresbach (@draiochta14) May 15, 2021
— Jerry Axinn (damsaints)⚜️❄️ (@jaxinn) May 15, 2021
Manic is not exactly what I look for in a President.
"Mania is a psychological condition that causes a person to experience unreasonable euphoria, very intense moods, hyperactivity, and delusions."
Like delusions of having won an election he lost…
— Monica S (@moniconga) May 15, 2021
This would be relevant if we accepted McCarthy's false premise that The Former Guy was:
– productive
– not engaged in undermining democracy, pillaging the US Treasury and engaging in #NegligentHomicide of over 500,000 Americans
An energetic psychopath is a *bad* thing. pic.twitter.com/OVvhuzC0Nj
— Monty 🇺🇸Lincoln's Speeches🇺🇸 Boa (@MontyBoa99) May 15, 2021
Sure Donald Trump ruined the economy, killed 500k Americans and alienated all of our allies. But he did it with such energy that he is to be worshipped by the GOP.
— mpiatt🇺🇸 (@mpiatt3) May 15, 2021
I think I speak for most Americans when saying we don’t want Adderall Don’s energy ever again. We already have PTSD.
— Shannon FM (@Katpa73) May 15, 2021
@GOPLeader you better get all the rest you need before you’re subpoenaed to testify before the Jan. 6th council. 😂 TikTok TikTok!! Liz Cheney can show you, better than she can tell you. pic.twitter.com/PXvA7P6sGq
— ShunniShun (@ShunShunni) May 15, 2021
The menacing evil of Trump is not “energy” @GOPLeader; it is a fundamental hatred for American democracy. Any support for, aid to, or defense of the insurrectionist Trump is a crime. #18USC2383
— Joseph Robertson (@poet_economist) May 15, 2021
Kevin “”I have seen him go a whole day without sitting on the toilet, the man is amazing. He has chowed down a whole bucket of KFC followed by Burger King whoppers and a Diet Coke and he doesn’t even belch. I cannnot stop watching him”
— Hopper (@Hopp359) May 15, 2021
But Kevin, the greatest difference between t and Biden when it comes to sleeping is that WE can sleep more than five hours without waking in a panic attack and checking twitter to see if our president is going to nuke us 😴
— Shelly Gross (@cinderellaicius) May 15, 2021
😂 This is so pathetic.
You know what Joe Biden didn’t do?
Incite an Insurrection because he couldn’t admit he lost an election!
— Mar in MA. 🇺🇸 (@thelittlelotus) May 15, 2021