Power Up: McCarthy navigates GOP identity crisis by gambling on 'a very big tent'
Power Up: McCarthy navigates GOP identity crisis by gambling on 'a very big tent' Jacqueline Alemany with Tobi Raji On the Hill MCCARTHY'S MOMENT: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made a pivotal choice: To back both an unrepentant conspiracy theorist with President Trump's backing and an establishment conservative who supported the ex-president's impeachment. That's booby-trap laden terrain, but one that McCarthy clearly thinks is the best path toward keeping the Republican Party intact — and winning in the 2022 midterms. “This Republican Party's a ve...