That’s not to say Kevin McCarthy doesn’t deserve what he’s getting.
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Left: Then-president Donald Trump at the White House in 2020. Right: Then-House minority leader Kevin McCarthy on Capitol Hill in August 2021.
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Kevin McCarthy and Donald Trump deserve each other. It is poetic justice that each could be the other’s undoing.
It is priceless — classic Trump, in fact — to find the former president suddenly grousing that McCarthy, the House minority leader, was “foolish” in failing to ensure that mainstream House Republicans were seated on the January 6 committee.
About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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Kevin McCarthy and Donald Trump deserve each other. It is poetic justice that each could be the other’s undoing.
It is priceless — classic Trump, in fact — to find the former president suddenly grousing that McCarthy, the House minority leader, was “foolish” in failing to ensure that mainstream House Republicans were seated on the January 6 committee.
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About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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