Kevin McCarthy: A Cautionary Fable

With so many scorpions, what frog would want this job?

Oct 4, 2023

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Cong. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks at a news conference soon after being ousted as House Speaker, 3 October 2023.

Story Time, children. Gather round.

A frog and a scorpion stood beside a rushing river. They both wanted to cross, but only the frog was able. So the scorpion asked for safe passage across the river on the frog’s back.

“Hold up!” said the frog.…

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