Was Kevin McCarthy a bad House speaker or was he put in an impossible position because of his radicalized conference? Ultimately, it was both.
As Tuesday progressed, and it became clear that Kevin McCarthy was poised to lose the speaker’s gavel, there was considerable talk about an unlikely scenario. Perhaps, some of the California Republican’s allies suggested, McCarthy could be ousted only to reclaim his office soon after.Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced Tuesday night that he won’t seek to reclaim his post as House speaker, hours after he was ousted in a historic vote. “I will not run for speaker again.
Indeed, it’s no secret that House Republicans haven’t had a successful speaker in generations, and McCarthy joins a long list of recent failures., preferring instead to “wing it” in the hopes of surviving the day, becoming a chess player who only thought one move at a time. Perhaps most importantly, McCarthy re-embraced Donald Trump, effectively positioning the former president as a party leader adjacent to the speaker’s office, allowed a MAGA vision to steer his conference.Steve Benen is a producer for"The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of"The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.
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