House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy was able to fly under the radar for the last few years, but over the course of a couple of weeks, he’s been able to shift his party even further to the right. As the Speaker of the House says “McCarthy has chosen to make House Republicans “the party of conspiracy theories and QAnon.”

First came his photo opportunity with Donald Trump. Just a couple of weeks after saying the former president “bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack,” he flew down to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring.

Then when he had the opportunity to do the right thing and condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene and strip her of her committee assignments, he chose to support her and as Pelosi put it “hands keys to party to Greene… Greene is in the driver’s seat.”

In doing so “Kevin McCarthy is now our most disgraceful political leader.” That’s according to Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson. He wrote:

“Seldom has a political figure misunderstood his country and its challenges more comprehensively than McCarthy. This is not a time for balancing; it is a time for choosing. The main threat posed by Greene is not to the unity of the Republican Party; it is to the political culture of the country. A forced apology to her GOP colleagues, and a reprehensible non-apology to the nation, mean nothing.”

This morning MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough asked, “What’s wrong with you, Kevin? Do you think we’re as stupid as you? Because I would love for you, go on the House floor today, Kevin, and give us the name of the Democrat who, before they were Democrat, called for your assassination, called for a bullet into your brain. Give us the name, Joe McCarthy or keep your mouth shut. We’re not that stupid. The four years of McCarthyism is over, all right? It’s over! So stop your lying to the American people!”

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