Vicious Kevin McCarthy take-down in the
SacBeeKevin McCarthy’s tragicomic struggle to grasp the House speaker’s gavel, the coveted, costly prize denied him by his fellow Republican representatives again and again for days, wasn’t just a historical anomaly. It was also a gem of justice in an unjust world — one of those vanishingly rare cases of a man getting exactly what he deserves.
McCarthy’s compulsive dishonesty, habitual servility and enthusiasm for groveling before authoritarians were never stellar credentials for a man hoping to be entrusted with the leadership of a democratic institution. But McCarthy’s ritual humiliation transcends his person and serves as an indictment of his party.
The California Republican has solicitously presided over a group of people who to varying degrees do not believe in elections, governance, facts, decency or order. Nearly two-thirds of his ragtag caucus voted to overturn the last presidential election, so of course they’re not pulled by the precepts that typically enable people to form societies, associations and, well, congresses.
Welp, they're not wrong.
