House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) holds his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitors Center at the US Capitol on October 28, 2021, in Washington, D.C.(Samuel Corum / Getty Images)
He bowed to the wackos’ demands. He’d needed their votes. Those were vital To winning the office he craved. Now all he has left is the title.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”