Mitch McConnell, to his credit, has been a strong supporter of Ukraine. Kevin McCarthy–not so much. He was recently quoted to the effect that continued aid to Ukraine is not a given if the GOP wins control of the House, as seems likely.
A substantial majority of Republicans, including members of Congress, reject Putin’s imperialism, but a small group of pro-Trump “America First” people has embraced it. McCarthy probably needs both groups to become and remain Speaker. How will he handle this situation? Will the majority rule and justice prevail, or will the extremist tail wag the dog purely to further McCarthy’s ambitions and humor the man on golf cart?
It will be interesting to watch this in the same way that it is interesting to watch car crashes.