Kevin McCarthy's loyalty to Trump is going to blow up in the GOP's face: columnist

On Saturday, writing for IrishCentral, columnist Niall O'Dowd said that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is driving the GOP to ruin with his ongoing support for former President Donald Trump.

"The temporary little rebellion flag against Trump had been hoisted by Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell and McCarthy but it soon disappeared with them right back into their rabbit holes as soon as the Great Trump made clear his wishes," wrote O'Dowd. "So McCarthy and Mitch are once again Proud Boys, sharing the party with known white supremacists and conspiracy-obsessed QAnon."

Originally, McConnell suggested he was open to convicting Trump in the impeachment trial and McCarthy condemned the pro-Trump riots as "un-American." Neither appear to have significant daylight between them and the former president now.

"Which losing aspect of Trump do Republicans believe can still carry them to victory?" asked O'Dowd. "Under his stewardship, his party lost the popular vote in two presidential elections, the House and the Senate. Trump can't stop losing it seems. Republicans have only won a majority of voters in presidential elections once since 1988, a 32-year span. Whatever they are selling, the voters ain't buying." And they can't change course because "the mob now rules the Republican Party."

"Trump has now trapped McCarthy pure and simple. McCarthy had one chance to stand up for decency and the law and took the road to Trump instead. It is the road to perdition," concluded O'Dowd. "McCarthy sees that and has decided to ignore it. The funeral bell is tolling for him and the GOP."

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