Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) knows how utterly unfit Donald Trump is for the presidency, yet he continuously genuflected to the man. Now McCarthy has been removed from the speakership by the Trump ally Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) (together with the Democratic Party), and Trump took not the slightest action to save McCarthy from the motion to vacate the chair that passed on Tuesday afternoon.

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