All posts by Thomas Gift
Speaker Kevin McCarthy: how backroom deals have put controversial Republicans into key roles
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. When California Representative Kevin McCarthy finally earned the speaker’s gavel earlier this month after an unprecedented 15 rounds of votes on the House floor, it required a slew of backdoor deals. McCarthy was tight-lipped about all the concessions…
Ron DeSantis: the Florida governor who may steal the Republican nomination from under his mentor Donald Trump’s nose
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Is Ron DeSantis the heir apparent to Donald Trump? It sure looked like it on Tuesday. In a US midterm election that saw his Republican party underperform nationally, DeSantis was the spectacular outlier, turning in a dominant performance…