BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Before a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Trump in connection with an alleged hush-money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters how he thought the American people viewed the case.
"I think in your heart of hearts you know, too, that you think this is just political," McCarthy said during a March 21 news conference. "And I think that's what the rest of the country thinks, and we're kind of tired of that."
But back home in McCarthy's Bakersfield congressional district, the reaction is more nuanced. Some think it's about time, while others wonder if the time has passed.
