Kevin Owen McCarthy is an American politician who served as the 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January to October 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California's 22nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013, followed by California's 23rd congressional district from 2013 to 2023, and finally California's 20th congressional district in 2023 before resigning from the House of Representatives the same year.
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Though not in today's headlines, the AlterNet article discusses the GOP's propaganda machine, which McCarthy has historically amplified as a former House leader.
McCarthy's pandering to the far right and his enabling of Trump's lies represent the institutional rot of the Republican Party, which the far left identifies as a primary obstacle to any meaningful governance.