No, McCarthy was not THIS bad. He was on course to break up the Omnibus packaged spending and have independent spending bills, which Johnson immediately abandoned. That should have been the #1 priority for this congress, along with stopping the invasion at the border. McCarthy was actually talking about shutting the government down over the border issue, which Johnson has never even mentioned as an option. You simply don’t remember what was going on at the time. Go back and look a few articles up.
McCarthy Says Biden Must Tighten Border to Avert US Government Shutdown
McCarthy vows end to massive ‘Omnibus’ spending bills
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-vows-end-massive-omnibus-spending-bills-not-going-happen
He was "on course..."
He was "talking about..."
Remember what McCarthy said when he stepped down? He said he had a deal with Pelosi to "always stand by him" should he get in trouble with his side of the aisle. Guess what? She lied to him.
As I just posted up-thread, Democrats treat Republicans like stooges to be conned; McCarthy was being played for a mark. Nothing that McCarthy was "talking about" or was "on course" to deliver was ever going to happen.
But Democrats were certain to get their half of the "deal" delivered, leaving McCarthy empty-handed.
All Gaetz did was expose the con that is in plain sight to the rest of us. I'm saddened that it doesn't appear that Johnson is seeing it, too. Maybe he did when he began; maybe he's been dunked into the slowly boiling pot and he lost focus on the fact that he's being boiled by the Democrats once again.
-PJ