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Hey everyone, Ellie here, bringing you my weekly note to the cafe community.

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Back in January, I wrote a piece called The Many Faces of Kevin McCarthy.

I talked about the three different iterations of the current Republican House minority leader,

each with its own distinct and irreconcilable traits.

But now, I've just lost track. This week, we learned that despite his prior lies, and lies about those lies, and lies about the lies about the lies,

McCarthy saw the world quite clearly on January 6th and in the following days. He did, in fact,

discuss his intent to talk to then-President Donald Trump about Trump's

potential resignation. He did confirm that Trump had admitted some responsibility for the attack,

and he did express genuine concern that the inflammatory rhetoric and conspiracy theory

mongering of his house colleagues could provoke violence. McCarthy did and said all of those things we now know

because he's on tape. Kevin McCarthy is not dumb. He's deeply dishonest and a political wind sock,

but he's not dumb. He was reasonable and perceptive enough immediately after January 6th to

mostly recognize the capital attack for what it was.

He declared from the House floor on January 13th,

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