McCarthy courts the extremists he once saw as dangerous as he eyes power
CNN
There's one golden rule in the Republican Party in the age of Donald Trump: Only those who call out extremism and violent speech in public pay a political price.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy proved he learned that lesson long ago in his reaction to the latest bombshell report Tuesday about his failure to control pro-Trump hardliners he once worried posed security "jeopardy" to their colleagues.
Days after the January 6, 2021, insurrection, McCarthy warned in a call with GOP leaders that several far-right members of the conference could incite violence at an incendiary moment in a country that was already "too crazy."
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