DEMOCRATS IN DISARRAY: McCarthy: Trade Vote Reveals ‘Civil War’ in Democratic Party.

Following last week’s failed vote on Trade Adjustment Assistance, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was more than happy Monday to point his finger at the other side of the aisle and say, “Look at the dysfunction inside the Democratic Party!”

“It’s almost like a civil war in the Democratic Caucus,” McCarthy said during a pen-and-pad briefing with reporters.

Specifically, McCarthy was referring to House Democrats voting down the TAA program, which they favor, in an effort to stymie President Barack Obama’s trade deal with Pacific countries. On June 12, Democrats overwhelmingly voted down TAA, which they were expected to carry, so that Trade Promotion Authority, which would “fast-track” a long-awaited Pacific trade deal, could not make its way to the president’s desk.

Democrats simply blocked Obama from securing a pathway to finalize the trade deal. And while Republicans by-and-large support Obama finishing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, they aren’t exactly against the #DemsInDisarray narrative.

Just hours after Obama left a closed-door meeting with Democrats and just minutes before the House was to vote on the trade authority legislation, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made a rambling, seemingly off-the-cuff speech where, after 13 minutes, she finally revealed that she would be voting against TAA to block the overall fast-track authority — a position at odds with Obama but in accordance with the majority of the House Democratic Caucus.

Related: How Pelosi Broke With Obama.