Kevin McCarthy Uses First Full Week in Power to Assure Nation He’s Still Donald Trump’s Lapdog

After Donald Trump was impeached for the second time, Republicans had an opportunity to find him guilty and prevent him from ever running for public office again. Instead, they chose to let him get away with everything, i.e. the incitement of a violent riot because the 2020 election didn’t go his way. That was pretty offensive to those who believe there should be consequences for trying to burn democracy to the ground and getting people killed in the process—but don’t dwell on Trump’s acquittal for too long, because for their next trick, Republicans want to pretend that the ex-president’s second… Read Full Article