Today, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led a group of fellow Republicans on a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border to highlight President Biden’s “border crisis.” Facing reporters, McCarthy (R-Calif.) deflected questions stemming from his dishonesty after the release of audio that captured him saying that President Donald Trump was to blame for the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and should resign. He chided reporters for asking him questions on the topic.
Meanwhile, Biden welcomed the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team to the White House to celebrate back-to-back Stanley Cups. And Trump was held in contempt and told by a judge in New York to pay $10,000 a day until he complies with an order to produce records that are part of a civil probe of his business practices.
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Congress’s spring recess is over, and the House is expected to hold its first votes Tuesday evening after a Republican cohort led by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) flies back to Washington from the U.S.-Mexico border. McCarthy was at the center of national attention once again Monday after more texts between him and other Republican sent in connection to the Jan. 6 insurrection were released by the...
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