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Underestimated McCarthy emerges from debt deal empowered as speaker, still threatened by far right

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is nothing if not a political survivor

The Independent UK

George Skelton: McCarthy's Mar-a-Lago trip was his tipping point. It showed he could be bullied into submission

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy weakened himself two years ago by calling out then-President Donald Trump for inciting the violent Capitol insurrection, then rushing to his golf resort to beg forgiveness.

Los Angeles Times

Kevin McCarthy wins his dream job, but at a humiliating and stifling cost

He raised the money. He logged the campaign miles. He walked the halls in a crisp suit with a salesman’s gleam. But this week Kevin McCarthy ran headlong into the most perilous challenge of his career when rebellious Republicans unleashed a crushing battle that nearly denied him the speakership of…

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Jackie Calmes: McCarthy and the GOP have only themselves to blame for their humiliation

Fitting bookends framed the House Republicans’ first week of majority control/not control in a new Congress. Between them is a story of the party’s radicalism and dysfunction — past, present and, almost certainly, future.

Los Angeles Times

How a small group of Republicans nicknamed the 'Never Kevins' nearly scuttled Kevin McCarthy's career and caused days of chaos

Kevin McCarthy spent years tying himself into political knots to win over the right-wing fringe of the Republican Party, only to watch his dreams nearly unravel over four chaotic days.

ABC News

‘Best season of CSPAN … ever’: Twitter has a field day with House GOP’s speaker vote debacle

Even Wikipedia got in on the action

The Independent UK

Jackie Calmes: Kevin McCarthy would do anything to be House speaker. That's the problem

Leave aside the opposition to House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy from a few right-wing lawmakers whom even far-right pundit Mark Levin calls "boneheads."

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