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'Juicy' new book by ousted GOP leader causing Republicans 'much angst': report
The Speaker’s Fall Was Not a Mystery. It Was the Job Description.The Real Power Sat With the SaboteursKevin McCarthy’s book may be getting the attention, but the political fact at the center of this story is simpler: the House speakership under McCarthy was not controlled by the nominal leader. It was controlled by the faction willing to blow up the chamber to prove its leverage.According to the source, McCarthy was ousted in 2023 by hardliners in his own GOP caucus after a historically short tenure. That is not a personality drama. It is a power structure. In a razor-thin majority, the House…
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