As the vote closed, a visibly frustrated McHenry stood at the dais and banged the gavel — hard. That moment became an almost-instant meme, earning jokes, laughs and banter from people across the ...

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) joked that his sister sent him “the cruelest things” people said about him on the internet after his famous gavel slam affirming the ouster of former Speaker Kevin ...