Editorial: Truth doesn’t matter to the GOP
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Apr 27, 2022
3 minutes
Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s obsequious relationship with Donald Trump was in its nascent stages as Trump prepared to assume the presidency in 2017. At a luncheon that January, Trump called McCarthy, the House Republican leader from Bakersfield, California, “My Kevin.” On inauguration day, McCarthy gave Trump a little pep talk during a quiet moment in the Capitol, just before he walked out to take the oath.
“You’re gonna do great,” McCarthy told
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