Farther-right primary challengers looking to take down incumbent House GOP members next year now have a potentially serious line of attack: loser former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s endorsement is now like a scarlet letter among anti-“establishment” MAGA voters, Politico reports.
“Voters don’t want a McCarthy Republican,” Joe Earley, who’s taking on McCarthyite West Virginia Congressman Alex Mooney. “They want a true conservative, and this situation has exposed how poor a job that McCarthy has done and that my opponent has refused to reject his endorsement.”