So Republicans chose Steve “David Duke without the baggage” Scalise over insurrectionist, coup-plotter Gym Jordan.
Well, that choice is an accurate representation of what the Republican Party has degenerated into — about as far away from the “Party of Lincoln” as it gets.
McCarthy put a business-friendly face on the party that allowed its donors to pretend it was still the same old GOP.
#politics #USpol #USpolitics
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