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1 year agoHow McCarthy got here: From Young Gun to Trump ally
After McCarthy first sought to replace then-Speaker John Boehner in 2015, only to withdraw amid resistance from the conservative Freedom Caucus, he worked furiously to rebuild and solidify support in the Republican conference.That meant building alliances with some of the same figures who once thwarted his rise - like Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a one-time Freedom Caucus rebel and rival who's now McCarthy's trusted Judiciary Committee-leading lieutenant.