A while back I speculated that Representative, then-Minority Leader, and Speaker-wannabe Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), in refusing to nominate responsible GOP Representatives for the January 6th Committee, was not being extraordinarily stupid, as many pundits thought, but, instead, was having a real nasty revenge on former President Trump for his actions leading up to the January 6th Insurrection. Here’s Steve Benen today engaging in a touch of schadenfreude:
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was one of four Republican members referred to the House Ethics Committee yesterday by the Jan. 6 committee, and three of the four publicly criticized the developments. McCarthy, however, spent yesterday saying effectively nothing.
It’s possible the Californian was so focused on his struggling bid to become House speaker that he didn’t have time to consider the latest from Jan. 6 investigators. But it’s also possible that McCarthy doesn’t want to talk about the committee at all — because he realizes he made a mistake in how it took shape.
And, yet, I have not seen dispositive evidence either way on this issue. I still think it’s possible that McCarthy, at night, sits down in his favorite comfy chair and savors Trump’s drawn-out demise.
Or he could be squirming. Like I said, there’s no dispositive evidence either way. But I relish the thought of then-Speaker Pelosi (D-CA) and McCarthy colluding to vanquish Trump from the political arena, and even put him in prison.
