Kevin McCarthy’s ‘Corrupt Bargain’

“As House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy works to lock down the GOP votes he needs to win the speaker’s gavel in January, he’s getting squeezed from the right on a number of fronts. And he can expect to hear a lot of this phrase: ‘corrupt bargain,’” Politico reports.

From a strategy memo: “Democrats should undertake a concerted messaging campaign over the next 5 weeks through January 3rd to brand McCarthy’s struggling campaign to win the speakership as a ‘corrupt bargain’ he is striking with ultra MAGA extremists in the Republican caucus to attain the 218 votes he needs to secure the job.”