House Speaker Kevin McCarthy committed an unforgivable sin this week: He told the truth. He may never live down the shame of it.
The unforgivable offense occurred during a recent interview with CNBC host Joe Kernen, who asked the speaker if it would be “good thing for the Republican Party if Donald Trump is the nominee” given the candidate’s criminal indictments. McCarthy played the role of phalanx dutifully. He said that former president Trump “can beat Biden.” He insisted that Trump’s policy preferences were better for the country than Biden’s. In regard to the criminal liabilities Trump faces, McCarthy said that they had “complicated” the equation, but Trump can still “win that election.” All the trouble followed when McCarthy expressed the faintest hint of uncertainty in his own predictions.
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