divisive figures, and it s not that he s just giving them a pass. kevin mccarthy is actively protecting these folks and he is standing on their shoulders. he stands on the shoulders of bigots because he wants to be taller. now, what we are watching play out in realtime, i think, nicole, is what s likely going to be a shakespearian political tragedy, because kevin mccarthy is relying on these people to ride like a chariot into the speakership and they are the same people that are going to destroy him politically. they are the same ones that if he becomes speaker, they will decide he is no longer useful and they ll lock him in a political closet and he will wonder why he sold his soul to the mob. now, we used to think of these people like greene and gosar and boebert as the crazies but they are now the ones calling the shots in the republican party. they re calling the shots in the party. and this is not what a lot of us signed up for in the gop. but look, here they are, the inmates are