US Politics
Marion McKeone: Last of the young guns battles to win over the Maga zealots
It seems GOP minority leader Kevin McCarthy is willing to do pretty much anything to secure the role of House speaker, one he has coveted for over a decade. And that means backing Freedom Caucus calls for tit-for-tat impeachments, interrogations and investigations
In mid-October, Lindsay Graham, the Republican senator for South Carolina and hitherto one of former president Donald Trump’s most fervent acolytes, was campaigning in Ohio for JD Vance, the GOP’s senate candidate.
Graham, who was the guest speaker at a dinner for Vance, made all the correct noises about the candidate before moving on to speak about Jim Jordan, the Maga firebrand congressman from Ohio.
Referring to the prospect of Jordan becoming the next chairman ...
