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I've got to say, I'm really disappointed in McCarthy. After defending Santos last night, today he all he could muster is "he's got a long way to go to earn back trust".

Look, I didn't want the guy to be Speaker, we all know that. It's one thing to watch the normal weasels who have no shame, but this is a guy who's backbone is eroding in real-time before our eyes, and has been over the last few years. I don't hate him and he actually came to power as the type of conservative guys like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz pretend to be. Cruz and Paul talk good BS about the constitution, but have weak policies and involve themselves in stupid culture wars, and they're partisanship proves their constitutional talk is all BS. McCarthy was the opposite, he had sound fiscal and conservative governing policies, without the freak show the Tea Party and MAGA folks brought with them. I was hoping maybe he'd find some spine or try to who knows what to moderate his party and the house. Nope, Santos is almost like a free gift to him, a chance to at least pretend ethics and integrity matter in his party, and he can't even take that easy opportunity to do the right thing. Watching someone who is a decent person rolling over for the minority of a minority of his caucus is sad to watch, bad for the country, and a perfect example of someone selling their soul to achieve their goals.

The republican party is off to a bad start in this new congress.