Congress in the MAGA Cinematic Universe

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It took 15 tries, but Kevin McCarthy managed to get himself elected to the job from hell. As Speaker of the House, he’ll preside over a Congress with a razor-slim majority and lead a Caucus of Congresspeople uninterested in governing at all. GOP members of the house aren’t beholden to their constituents but to a former president desperate to come back to power and a base of supporters who believe in an alternative…