Kevin mccarthy articles
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Kevin McCarthy isn’t helping himself with his latest odd rhetoric
Six months after being stripped of his gavel, and four months after leaving Capitol Hill altogether, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has no interest in fading from public view. On the contrary, the California Republican appears quite eager to maintain a high public profile. In February, for example, McCarthy appeared on Fox Business to condemn special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into Donald Trump. A month later, McCarthy appeared on CBS and pretended that Republican Rep. Marjorie...
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Before Mike Johnson and Kevin McCarthy, there was ‘Uncle Joe,’ a Speaker who fought his own GOP rebels
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is facing a threat a few of his Republican predecessors can relate to: members of his own party vowing to oust him from power. While Johnson’s predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., became the first speaker ever voted out of office last October and John Boehner, R-Ohio, bowed out amid threats of a potential ousting in 2015, it was a Republican speaker more than 100 years ago who first faced an intraparty revolt against his leadership. Joseph Cannon,...
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Kevin McCarthy's longtime friend and political protege investigated for sex crime against daughter
According to LA Magazine, Kevin McCarthy's longtime friend and protege, Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner, is under criminal investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting his daughter. Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Scrivner is being probed over "sexually assaulting his pre-teen daughter." Police arrived at Scrivner's Tehachapi home after receiving a call from his aunt, District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer, who warned them that Scrivner was armed. — Read the rest