New York Times: “Mr. McCarthy served as speaker for just 269 days, but his portrait will now hang in the Capitol in perpetuity. It is a testament to the brief, strange tenure of a Republican who served as a bridge between the establishment-led GOP and the party it became after being fully subsumed by President Trump.”
“The portrait, which shows Mr. McCarthy standing by an open window with a slight smile on his face, captures his sunny personality and optimistic outlook, which he kept up even while proving himself to be a glutton for political punishment.”
The portrait is a fitting reminder that political ambition can take decades to fulfill and only moments to unravel.
