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The Republican ‘Commitment to America’ feels like a Hail Mary

26 September 2022

12:09 PM

26 September 2022

12:09 PM

Last week, with fewer than 50 days to go before the midterm elections, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy put it bluntly: elect Republicans to save what’s good about America. McCarthy introduced the Commitment to America, a policy plan he insists will put the country back on the right track.

In doing so, McCarthy was looking to former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, hoping to recreate the magic of the 1994 Contract with America, which crystallized America’s then-conservative movement.

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