If the midterm election polls hold true, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will become speaker of the House in January. But McCarthy attracted media criticism this week after he told Punchbowl News that a GOP majority would adopt a more cautious stance toward financial aid for Ukraine. As McCarthy put it, “I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession, and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine. They just won’t do it.”