Kevin McCarthy quits Congress. It's poetic justice for the Trump apologist
It’s not surprising that dozens of members of the U.S. House of Representatives are choosing to leave the dysfunctional chamber rather than seek another term. The politics are toxic. The rhetoric is ugly. And it seems that members aren’t interested in doing much besides fighting the culture wars — and one another.
But we don’t believe for a minute that’s the reason former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy decided to step down at the end of the month after 17 years in Congress. After all, he helped create the hostile conditions in Congress by toadying to the hard-right Republicans in his conference by, among things, voting to challenge some of the results of the 2020 election and authorizing a baseless inquiry into impeaching President Biden.
In the end, however, McCarthy couldn't manage the unruly conference and was deposed in October after a mere nine months in charge. His crime, according to the GOP hard-liners who orchestrated his downfall? Taking the kind of sensible action that Americans expect of their leaders. He's no a tragic hero, though. Just a victim of the MAGA flames he fanned.
Of course, he’s bitter about being thrown over for doing his job and overseeing a bipartisan deal to keep the government funded. Of course he feels used by Trump, who didn't help him keep the speaker's job. Of course, he’s angry at the extremists who engineered his ouster — enough, allegedly, to sucker-punch one of them in the hallway.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-kevin-mccarthy-quits-congress-222523376.html
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