The Trump Rhetoric Is Driving Republican Presidential Candidates Further to the Right

Kevin McCarthy's speakership so far will likely be remembered for Republicans' many efforts to avenge Donald Trump, says Julian Zelizer. House Republicans have also spent time calling for the impeachment of the Attorney General, Merrick Garland, and the Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Attempts to introduce articles of impeachment against President Biden even incited an argument on the House floor which led to Marjorie Taylor Greene being ousted from the conservative Freedom Caucus. GOP presidential candidates are now pledging to clean house at federal agencies if they get elected.