He is? I just read that one reason why Trump keeps supporting him is because of his staunch loyalty to him.
I admit I am not in the know as to Kevin McCarthy’s positions and past voting record. We definitely do not need another Mitch McConnell clone.
“I admit I am not in the know as to Kevin McCarthy’s positions and past voting record.”
McCarthy is a moderate squish whose voting record has lurched hard-leftward since his second term in office — and, not coincidentally, since he has moved into the GOP “leadership”. There’s no room for actual conservatives in the leadership unless they mostly toe the line and keep their mouths shut.
McCarthy doesn’t even pretend to be conservative anymore, though once upon a time he did.
It’s not ALL about voting record though — it’s about having the appropriate attitude. Democrats in powerful positions NEVER become soft and wimpy; they go full steam ahead and don’t give a damn how much Republicans whine.
Republicans (mostly) don’t even get into powerful positions UNLESS they are soft and wimpy and quickly cave on their so-called principles every time a Democrat calls them a racist.
I realize there’s a big difference between leading a party which has full 24/7 support from the tribe of media controllers; and leading a party which is on the receiving end of full 24/7 lies and hatred from that same tribe.
It’s not an easy task to be a Republican leader under those conditions, which is precisely why we need someone with as much backbone as possible, and not some timid coward (or thoroughly corrupt Uniparty-ist) like Boehner, Ryan or McCarthy.