Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, who made history as the first speaker to be ousted from the post, announced on Wednesday that he would leave the House at the end of the year but said he planned to remain engaged in Republican politics.

Link is an NYT gift article that shouldn’t be paywalled.

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    1 year ago

    Yup, the right has been shifting the Overton Window for decades. It’s why you see absurdity like people being “nostalgic” about war criminals like GWB. Unfortunately a lot of people need to actually see the worst thing happen to believe that it’s coming down the pipe.