It isn’t really directed at McCarthy, although for Matt Gaetz, it might be. It isn’t really about spending cuts, either. There was no concerted effort to cut spending during the Trump years.
No, this is about the mouthpieces for the reactionary base attempting to impose their will on the rest of the GOP, the Senate, Joe Biden, and the American people. They may represent a small fraction of the electorate, but they think they speak for “real America,” and for them, that’s all of the justification they need.
Trump never makes any effort to attract anyone outside of the base, and it works for him, at least within the boundaries of the GOP. Why wouldn’t his most devoted disciples do the same thing?
A note to my readers: I will be on vacation next week. Regular posts will resume the following week.