EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca-lif.), fist bumps with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) as he arrives for a photo with freshman GOP members of the 117th Congress on the East Steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, on Jan. 4, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse minor-ity leade-r Kevin McCar-thy (R-Calif.) speaks outside the U.S. Capitol about extending the Paycheck Protection Program, in Washington on Dec. 10, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialSenat-e Minor-ity Leade-r Mitch McCon-nell (R-Ky.) speaks with Sen. Roger Wicke-r (R-Mi-ss.) ahead of a weekly Republican caucus luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca-lif.) bumps fists with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) as he arrives to pose for a group photo with freshman Republican members of Congress at the Capitol on Jan. 4, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCar-thy (R-Ca-lif.) walks to a vote at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 2, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) shows off her “Stop the Steal” face mask during a photo opportunity with House Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCar-thy for freshman congress members, on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 4, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca-lif.), standing left, speaks during a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 electoral college results, hours after a mob supporting President Donald Trump broke into the Capitol and disrupted the proceedings, in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, House Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCar-thy (R-Ca-lif.), speaks with Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) after posing with freshman Republican House members for a group photo at the Capitol in Washington on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to reporters at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to reporters after an FBI briefing at the Capitol in Washington on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCar-thy (R-Ca-lif.), surrounded by reporters, departs a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, late Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, with the top congressional leaders to discuss the omnibus package and COVID-19 relief. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCar-thy (R-Calif.), center, walks down the Capitol steps for a news conference on the need to extend the Paycheck Protection Program, in Washington on Dec. 10, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCar-thy (R-Calif.), center, walks down the Capitol steps for a news conference on the need to extend the Paycheck Protection Program, in Washington on Dec. 10, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), accompanied by fellow House Republicans, addresses a news conference at the Capitol on the need to extend the Paycheck Protection Program, in Washington on Dec. 10, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCar-thy (R-Ca-lif.) addresses a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 12, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCar-thy (R-Ca-lif.) speaks at during a press conference in Washington on Nov. 4, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to reporters during a weekly news conference at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Rep. Kevin McCar-thy (R-Ca-lif.) speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2020, after Congress gave final approval to an economic stimulus package in the wake of the coronavirus. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialHouse Minor-ity Leade-r Rep. Kevin McCar-thy (R-Ca-lif.) addresses a news conference regarding the coronavirus emergency legislation in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)