Kevin O’Toole, a former staffer for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, unleashed fierce criticism of his onetime boss in a CNN interview.
Said O’Toole: “His leadership strategy is dictated by the most extreme wings of his party. And so, when Marjorie Taylor Green or Matt Gaetz put their thumb on the scale, that’s what he responds to. And that drives the House Republican Conference into the arms of somebody like Donald Trump… The leadership that enables that behavior is continuing today, as we’ve seen.”
Playbook: “It’s a fascinating interview. Staffers rarely speak out like this against sitting lawmakers, let alone leadership. That’s especially the case when, like O’Toole — who is now a staffer for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) — they still work on the Hill.”
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