{"id":1839799,"date":"2023-02-08T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839799"},"modified":"2023-02-08T11:05:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:05:38","slug":"priceless-gold-kevin-mccarthys-facial-expression-goes-viral-during-sotu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/priceless-gold-kevin-mccarthys-facial-expression-goes-viral-during-sotu\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Priceless,\u2019 \u2018Gold\u2019: Kevin McCarthy\u2019s Facial Expression Goes Viral During SOTU"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpriceless-gold-kevin-mccarthys-facial-expression-goes-viral-during-sotu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s (R-CA) facial expression went viral during President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, and not for reasons that were terribly flattering to the commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy is a good example of this. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/kevin-mccarthy-shades-nancy-pelosi-reveals-whether-he-plans-to-tear-up-bidens-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had promised<\/a> Before the speech, he stated that he wasn&#8217;t going to engage in this type of behavior. \u201ctheatrics\u201d that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) did when she stood and ripped up her copy of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s address in 2020, he did appear to struggle to keep a straight face when Biden said things he thought were off the mark.<\/p>\n<p>While Biden was talking about infrastructure \u2014 namely his claim that the United States had slipped from number one globally to number 13 \u2013 Newsmax\u2019s Benny Johnson shared a brief video clip of the moment and commented, \u201cI regret to inform you Joe has started yelling during his State of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it was Bonchie from RedState who noticed McCarthy\u2019s bored expression at the tail end of the video \u2014 while Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris, stood to applaud \u2014 adding, \u201cKevin McCarthy\u2019s face at the end of this clip \u2026 lol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s face at the end of this clip\u2026lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KOS1kFtndg\">https:\/\/t.co\/KOS1kFtndg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bonchieredstate\/status\/1623148265465053184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And he was far from the only one to comment on the Speaker\u2019s intentionally blank expression throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcCarthy\u2019s face is priceless,\u201d The New York Post\u2019s Miranda Devine tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McCarthy\u2019s face is priceless<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirandadevine\/status\/1623145995377819653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHIS IS AMAZING,\u201d came from @chicksontheright. \u201cThe pushback happening in real time, and Kevin McCarthy\u2019s face \u2014 this is the most LIT SOTU EVER.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS IS AMAZING. The pushback happening in real time, and Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s face \u2013 this is the most LIT SOTU EVER.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chicks On The Right (@chicksonright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicksonright\/status\/1623150528027934721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcCarthy\u2019s facial expressions are gold,\u201d former Trump adviser and counsel Jenna Ellis added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McCarthy\u2019s facial expressions are gold. \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jenna Ellis \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JennaEllisEsq) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JennaEllisEsq\/status\/1623149057769078785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And from Brenden Dilley: \u201cMcCarthy is all of us right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McCarthy is all of us right now \ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTU?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D21DH9OWiI\">pic.twitter.com\/D21DH9OWiI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brenden Dilley (@WarlordDilley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarlordDilley\/status\/1623143136074600450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Left-leaning media critics appeared to interpret McCarthy\u2019s expression differently, choosing to attribute it to smugness and even disappointment with his own party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcCarthy\u2019s face when Republicans start booing Biden is every mom when their kids start misbehaving,\u201d CNN\u2019s Abby Phillip commented.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McCarthy&#8217;s face when Republicans start booing Biden is every mom when their kids start misbehaving.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abbydphillip\/status\/1623150507396136964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nation\u2019s Elie Mystal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElieNYC\/status\/1623150845159256066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>, \u201cMcCarthy\u2019s face has devolved into the smug disregard he feels for all Americans. MTG appears to be wearing some kind of Cruella d\u2019Ville outfit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s (R-CA) facial expression went viral during President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, and not for reasons that were terribly flattering to the commander-in-chief. 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