Kevin McCarthy’s accidental truthfulness
One of Donald Trump’s favourite congressmen considered the former president’s behaviour a disaster
MOST POLITICIANS have a defining characteristic and Kevin McCarthy’s is not really believing in anything. The House Republican leader is voluble and clubbable, a relentless glad-hander and supremely effective fund-raiser. Yet even among grateful Republican beneficiaries of his efforts, the coiffed Mr McCarthy is not known to hold firm views on any particular issue.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The new McCarthyism”
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