House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has let narratives about former President Donald Trump determine what he thinks, instead of principles. As such, he looks like a spineless leader and has become a deserved target of scrutiny from all sides of his own party.

As my colleague Quin Hillyer wrote, McCarthy was entirely correct to criticize the rhetoric of the House GOP’s most outlandish members. Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, among others, made a mockery of the party and the conservative movement in the run-up to and the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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