Inside Kevin McCarthy’s vengeance operation against the Republicans who fired him
Kevin McCarthy is not done trying to exact revenge on the fellow Republicans who ended his Hill career.
After a devastating ejection from the speakership that he spent 16 years pursuing, the California Republican and his allies are mobilizing to oust the eight GOP lawmakers who joined Democrats to depose him.
A top McCarthy ally, Brian O. Walsh, is overseeing an attempt to recruit primary challengers to take on members of the infamous “Gaetz Eight” — the Capitol’s nickname for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and seven Republicans who supported his fire-McCarthy push — according to six people familiar with the plans who were granted anonymity to discuss them.
The McCarthy revenge campaign is ready t...
