‘A Feckless, Weak, Tired Man’

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) described to Charlie Sykes what he was thinking when House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy moved to expel Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from the GOP leadership: “Kevin McCarthy has just empowered his greatest enemy.”

Said Kinzinger: “Because he thought she would go away. And I gotta tell you, she ain’t going away. And instead, he looks like a feckless, weak, tired man, who is doing the bidding of whatever Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks is going to raise her money that day.”

He added: “I’ve been clear about my thoughts on Kevin McCarthy… Even if he does somehow become speaker, he’s going to have to have a good cell phone plan because he will be calling Marjorie Taylor Greene every day asking her what he can and can’t do. I mean, my goodness, having the title of speaker but being subservient to a sophomore in Congress who’s crazy… Why would you even do that?”