alternate reality if mcconnell and mccarthy stood up and said this stuff publicly? would more republicans follow and ditch trump? so, charlie, it s so far down the rabbit hole that i truly, you know, jake is here because he s a great reporter and he s calling balls and strikes, and that s his job, but it s so far down the rabbit hole that stabbing trump in the back is sort of the 30 hours that kevin mccarthy told the truth about what he saw with his own eyes, heard with his own ears, and ran with his own feet, which is high-tailed it down the hall to a room that he barricaded shut so the trump supporters who participated in the insurrection at trump s calling wouldn t get him. they weren t roaming the halls. they were all hiding too. so part of the plot that always confounds me isn t, why did they crawl back down the rabbit hole and continue with the lies? that s pretty clear. they were afraid of donald trump. it s how did we get to this place where there s only two? because john mcc