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  I'm sure McCarthy will have no problems selling the remaining water supplies to Nestle in his district.
context: Since they elected a guy who refuses to acknowledge climate change, much less do anything about it, kind of getting what they asked for, no? >
  
  Ya sorta hard to feel bad for them when they continue to elect incompetent leaders. Nothing will change if you keep doing the same dumb shit. >
  
  That area is deep red. I mean DEEP red. They are getting what they voted for. >
  
  I love that part of the map in GTA >
  
  Nothing but meth farms for Trevor! >
  
  He's like "Sorry, not the Speaker's job." >
  
  He will look into this right after the government shuts down >
  
  Water? Who cares about water when you have the important work to do of taking grammas social security check and healthcare away? >
  
  
  Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has represented Tooleville for the past decade – though the small town is just outside his newly redrawn congressional district. The Republican lawmaker has long represented Kern and Tulare counties, and his redrawn seat adds portions of Fresno County.
  Throughout his tenure, this region of California has spent more time than any other part of the country in exceptional drought – the US Drought Monitor’s most severe category – a drought scientists say has been made more intense by human-caused climate change. Recent rainfall has put a dent in the region’s surface drought, though experts have told CNN it will do little to solve the ongoing groundwater shortage. 
  Multiple people CNN spoke to for this story said McCarthy and his office don’t often engage on this issue in the district, especially compared with neighboring members of Congress. And they wish he would do more with his power in Washington – especially now that he holds the speaker’s gavel.
  McCarthy proposed an amendment this past summer to set up a grant program to help connect small towns like Tooleville with larger cities that have better water systems. The measure passed the House but died in the Senate. But as more and more wells go dry, McCarthy has made a point to vote against other bills addressing climate change and drought, including the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law.
  “In my experience, he has never engaged with us on any of these kinds of emergencies,” said Jessi Snyder, the director of community development at local nonprofit Self-Help Enterprises, who focuses on getting hauled water to entire communities that have gone dry. >
  
  Kevin doesn’t work with the local communists and socialists, he’s busy performing on the national stage with empty greene. >
  
  What a Toole. >
  
  Oh he's gonna do more... More talking about Hunter Biden's dick picks. >
  
  I guess his constituents are not who people think they are then… >
  
  Exactly.  I doubt too many of McCarthy's real constituents have to worry about things like water pressure. >
  
  A lot of McCarthy constituents are extremely concerned about water.  It's just that their preferred solution is to capture every drop before it hits the ocean, river ecosystems be damned. >
  
  Kevin McCarthy:
  I have a district? >
  
  Fun fact: Kevin McCarthy has not had an in-person constituent town hall in his district since June 2010. >
  
  Why would he? Democrats suck in the valley. I live just north of Fresno and I can't remember the last time a senator or Democratic nominee has been anywhere from Modesto down to Bakersfield. And it costs us, this neglect. Democrat Adam Gray lost by under 1k votes this last election. Republican Valladao lost in 2020 before winning reelection in 2022. Democrats need to do more here >
  
  Those constituents seem to be the ones neglecting the issues and it’s costing THEM. >
  
  I live North of Fresno. What would you have us do? I understand why people here vote for Republicans. I disagree and vote for Democrats, but I get it. 
  Most people around here wonder why we should cut our water rates while LA has lawns and palm trees sucking water, but doing nothing. I seriously doubt that 75% of Bay Area or SoCal people could name five cities or towns from Stockton to Bakersfield without a map. We are ignored here. And when that happens it affects how you vote. >
  
  Meanwhile, we've just received 22.27 cubic miles of rain in the last 16 or 17 days. (Edit: more like 22 days, my brain is a discount brain)
  Water, water everywhere, and all the boards did shrink. >
  
  Can we have some? >
  
  You get what you elect.
  They'll have to satisfy themselves with the next two years of Hunter Biden investigations, debt-ceiling brinksmanship, tax cuts for the 1% and assorted owning of the libs.  Expecting anything like responsible governance from the current GOP is delusional. >
  
  “Ma! I took the television out to the crops so they could watch the Hunter Biden hearin’s and they STILL won’t grow! Do we need to own some more Libs or what?” >
  
  How come we didn't hear anything about Kevin being from California when he was running to be speaker? I have been told, ad-nauseum, for the last 20 years that California and everyone in it are bad. 
  People literally comment on California weather stories that they hope California residents die. 
  But then they make a Californian Speak of the House. 
  Nothing the right says means anything >
  
  On CNN they did a segment about how some Republicans don't like McCarthy because he is from California. I find that hilarious because Bakersfield and its surrounding areas probably voted for Trump at higher rates than Alabama or Idaho. >
  
  California has more Republicans than Alabama has people. >
  
  McCarthy has never cared about his constituents. It was always about that gavel. He sold the last scraps of his soul to get it, and his voters are getting what they deserve. >
  
  You can be sure that the clowns he enabled to run the House GQP will get right to addressing climate change because they are there solely to serve their constituents and not be performance trolling grifters intent on destroying the ‘deep state’. BTW, they voted for him. They got what they deserved. >
  
  If you want actual stuff done then you need to elect anyone besides a Republican. >
  
  If he dares acknowledge this, Boebert will make sure he's finished. >
  
  Having lived in his district for my entire life, I'll tell you right now that about half of the people voting for him are doing so because 1) they recognize his name and 2) he has an R next to it.
  The other half think he's the greatest, despite the fact that he hasn't done fuck all for his district the entire time he's been in office.
  California districts shifted and now I'm in Valadao's district. I don't expect improvements but it's more possible we can vote Valadao out than McCarthy... >
  
  A republican genuinely giving a shit about the environment? About as likely as a billionaire overpaying their taxes on purpose. >
  
  Kevin McCarthy is yet another Republican parasite abandoning his constituents to literal fall of civilization conditions. It's a failure of the Democrats to not be relentlessly hammering the apocalyptic failure of Republicans. >
  
  Anything they hammer will be ignored or dismissed as fake news. >
  
  In response he has authorized an immediate investigation into Hunter's laptop. >
  
  What? I have constitutes? >
  
  Good luck to those people, he is a republican >
  
  Who cares about trivial shit like this when Hunter Bidens laptop is still out there? >
  
  Ummm. Don’t live in a desert….. >
  
  Hot take. >
  
  He should consult with George Santos about this issue. Mr. Santos appears to be an expert on everything! >
  
  But you might get to see Hunter Biden’s laptop! >
  
  He won’t do shit, helping people is bad optics for the GQP. >
  
  He finally got his speakership, what more could you possibly want him to do?! >
  
  That can wait - First thing that needs to happen is for the constitution to be read on the floor, the government to be shut down over the spending limit, and Hunter Biden's laptop to go through 84 hearings! 
  Priorities! >
  
  I've lived in several Republican districts and let me tell you they do not give a fuck what you think. If you contact them you will never get a response except fundraising spam for the rest of your natural life. >
  
  You get what you vote for. Absolutely no sympathy people who keep voting for someone who doesn't care about his constituents. >
  
  What's the problem? Capitalism fixes this. Just buy water in plastic bottles! Murica! /s >
  
  Kevin hasn't done anything for his constituants his entire time in office >
  
  He’s busy fighting inflation, right?  
  Right? >
  
  The constituents should electing him and see what happens. Lol >
  
  "Hello, senator McCarthy's office. No, I'm sorry, Mr McCarthy is in Washington at the moment busy attempting to destroy America. He'll get back with you about dying of thirst as soon a he's done making crime legal if you're a republican congressman. Or woman, god forbid." >
  
  McCarthy is there to pretend he's stopping Biden's agenda. No more, no less. Frankly, it's a bit insulting to expect more of him. >
  
  Shoukdothis be in /r/leopardsateourfaces ? >
  
  I guess they should have voted for a Democrat >
  
  LOL! Why are you voting for anti science, big oil propagandists? >
  
  He doesn't care- he lives in DC and he has water. The sad thing is, he wil probably be reelected the next time around as well. some people just dont' get that doing the same thing again and expecting different results doesn't work. >
  
  But now they are outside of his district, so they are SOL. >
  
  The town is now outside of his district, but the rest of the county (and other counties affected) still are in it.
  
  Tulare, Kern and Fresno counties have endured more than 200 weeks in exceptional drought over the past decade, according to Drought Monitor data. >
  
  Buuuttt….BIDENS’S LAPTOP!!! >
  
  Lol then vote for someone that fixes problems instead of someone that causes them. Honestly, till then pound sand. >
  
  But he’s busy owning the libs… and that’s why you voted for him, right? >
  
  Can’t. Gotta take care of the drag problem first. And then crash the economy. >
  
  lol
  Should've voted for someone who gave a fuck.
  Kevin McCarthy has bigger fish to fry. Like Hunter Biden's laptop and gutting Social Security. >
  
  Vote for a turd, get the bird, mother faulkers >
  
  Sorry can’t, gotta investigate Hunter Biden’s dick >
  
  Work for his constituents? Get serious! >
  
  I’ll take things that won’t happen for $300 Alex >
  
  There’s plenty of water for all in Hunter Biden’s laptop! Just another reason to focus on that instead of actual problems >
  
  Socialism!!! >
  
  He won't do shit. He already got what he needed from them >
  
  They could elect a democrat. GOP has a solid history about not giving a shit about their constituents. >
  
  I think the Hunter Biden laptop investigation will do wonders for his constituents! >
  
  Seems like the speaker must think the solution is somewhere on Hunter Biden’s laptop 🤔 >
  
  No, that would be socialism. >
  
  The dude is ready to crash the economy with government defaulting on debt.
  You really think he cares if his constituents live or die?? 
  Maybe don’t vote with your rage gland next time… >
  
  McCarthy: best I can do is privitize your water source. >
  
  who needs water dc has all i need. >
  
  McCarthy is deliberately stupid about climate change, and he's not about to change that. 
  On the other hand, just what the hell do people expect? Living in a desert during a drought means that water is going to be a thing of the past for you. People should be leaving the drought zones as fast as they can. >
  
  If you wanted him to do more you should have probably elected somebody else. >
  
  TBH this is a state issue. State needs to eminent domain some water from the wonderful corporation. >
  
  Funny enough, that area is littered with signs blasting Feinstein and Congress for not giving farms all the water. >
  
  Yeah, looking through this thread I was going to say... people really don't seem to understand that McCarthy's base at home thinks the long running drought in California is caused by the federal government. >
  
  Wouldn’t throwing up a few water towers alleviate the pressure issue? >
  
  Do? >
  
  They probably shouldn't have kept reelecting him then. He can't even get his party in line, how do they expect him to actually "do more"? >
  
  Hey constituents?  You got what you voted for. >
  
  I wonder how much this applies to everyone. >
  
  McCarthy? Do? I think you elected the wrong person. Do! That's not what McCarthy has ever done. >
  
  Heres a wild idea - quit electing him