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    Will Rep. McCarthy's cozying to Trump make him House speaker?

    by Jennifer Haberkorn and Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Feb 26, 2021 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON — When Donald Trump won the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination, most Republicans kept him at arm's length. California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy did what had worked for him for years, first in Sacramento and then in Washington: A charm offensive.

    The House minority leader's trademark affability — he has a mental Rolodex of politicians' favorite snacks, hometowns and kids' names — and his abrupt pivot to become Trump's most loyal ally in the House earned him the new president's nickname, "My Kevin."

    Now McCarthy sees a chance to ride that relationship with Trump into the House majority and a job he's coveted for years: speaker.

    But California's most powerful Republican is charting a starkly different path to the 2022 midterm election than some other senior Republicans, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who want to make a clean break

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