Late last night Kevin McCarthy finally secured the necessary votes to become Speaker of the House, a position he so desperately craved. But in doing so he not only gave away much of the power of the Speaker, he enabled certain far-right elements to have an out-sized role going forward.
The most conservative and farthest-right bloc within the House Republican Conference is the Freedom Caucus, who are unapologetically pro-MAGA, loyal to Trump, and also the primary reason that McCarthy needed to concede so much power to become Speaker.
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