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Mark Z. Barabak: Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell and the rot at the heart of Trump's Republican Party

There's a rot at the core of the Republican Party and neither the party nor the country will heal until it's excised. The latest evidence of that malignancy comes in a New York Times report about the Jan. 6 insurrection and how GOP congressional leaders responded in the immediate aftermath. The shock and revulsion reflected in their words and deeds presents a stark contrast with today's party ...
Riot police clear the hallway inside the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C..

There's a rot at the core of the Republican Party and neither the party nor the country will heal until it's excised.

The latest evidence of that malignancy comes in a New York Times report about the Jan. 6 insurrection and how GOP congressional leaders responded in the immediate aftermath. The shock and revulsion reflected in their words and deeds presents a stark contrast with today's party line, which essentially amounts to move along, nothing here to

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