To the editor: With rep. With Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Bakersfield) impending departure from Congress, it is vital to grasp what he achieved when he ascended to the ground of the Home, arguably the third strongest place in American politics.
In response to a Instances investigation, his tremendous PAC has spent greater than $1 million since 2012 on personal flights, eating places and resorts. He was accused of retaliating bodily towards a perceived enemy in his personal occasion. He masked his lack of depth with a shadowy, selfish attraction.
McCarthy’s brief however rocky tenure as speaker was dominated by two notable moments. The primary was the close to file variety of votes taken to elect him final January. The second, in October, made historical past: It was the primary time members of Parliament voted to take away a speaker.
McCarthy’s lasting legacy would be the intractable chaos his management unleashed within the occasion that controls the Home.
Now McCarthy is stepping down earlier than his time period ends. The voters in his district are being deserted by a politician who lavishly spent donors’ cash and infrequently cared concerning the wants of his constituents.
The nation, the state and his district will probably be higher served with out him.
Henry Cherry, Los Angeles
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To the editor: It is likely to be paradoxically refreshing that McCarthy retires from Congress.
Maybe he acknowledged {that a} ethical turd who had initially held former President Trump liable for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot after which reinstated himself as his toady is just not worthy of being a member of Congress.
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, McCarthy could not be a member of a membership that may settle for him as a member.
Jay Lynch, Higher St. Clair, Pa.
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To the editor: Kevin McCarthy failed to grasp the distinction between promoting your soul to the satan and promoting it to Donald Trump: the satan retains his bargains.
Tony Castañares, Hollywood