McCarthy’s Concessions Are Fuel for Electing More Radicals

Jan 10 2023 by The Daily Beast

 
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The squeaky wheel got the grease. Kevin McCarthy’s ascension to Speaker of the House involved making concessions to a small but loud group that will, in the words of Rep. Matt Gaetz, put McCarthy in a “straitjacket.”

McCarthy’s speakership may be a personal Pyrrhic victory, but the larger problem—for those of us hoping to fight back against the radicals on the right—is that McCarthy’s compromises will hurt mainstream...

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