Is Kevin McCarthy Just Dim?

In these times of division and strife, I think we can all come together and agree that what's happening to Kevin McCarthy is funny. Mike Pence will always be the Sunk Cost King around these parts, but the aspiring speaker of the House is at least an archduke of the realm. On this, the second anniversary of January 6, it's helpful to remember that McCarthy initially responded to that attempt to overthrow the government with forthright condemnation. It took just weeks for him to come to Donald Trump's heel, however, and a similar dynamic is now playing out with the extreme right in the House Republican caucus—a group which consists, by and large, of some of the prime supporters of Trump's attempted autogolpe. McCarthy has taken out a mortgage on his dignity in his lust for power. But he's given away the power. Call it 'lust for title.'   [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [Kevin McCarthy Could Be Our Nation's First SINO (Speaker In Name Only)]( [Kevin McCarthy Could Be Our Nation's First SINO (Speaker In Name Only)]( In these times of division and strife, I think we can all come together and agree that what's happening to Kevin McCarthy is funny. Mike Pence will always be the Sunk Cost King around these parts, but the aspiring speaker of the House is at least an archduke of the realm. On this, the second anniversary of January 6, it's helpful to remember that McCarthy initially responded to that attempt to overthrow the government with forthright condemnation. It took just weeks for him to come to Donald Trump's heel, however, and a similar dynamic is now playing out with the extreme right in the House Republican caucus—a group which consists, by and large, of some of the prime supporters of Trump's attempted autogolpe. McCarthy has taken out a mortgage on his dignity in his lust for power. But he's given away the power. Call it 'lust for title.' [Read More](   [Esquire Editors' New Year's Style Resolutions]( [Esquire Editors' New Year's Style Resolutions]( From shopping with intent to getting a little wild every day, here's how we're changing it up for 2023. [Read More]( [The Biggest Bombshells From Prince Harry's Memoir, 'Spare']( [The Biggest Bombshells From Prince Harry's Memoir, 'Spare']( Harry did cocaine, killed 25 people, and once got frostbite on his penis. Somehow, there’s more. [Read More](     [The Game That Changed Steph Curry's Life]( [The Game That Changed Steph Curry's Life]( Ever wonder what your favorite athlete does when they just aren't playing very well? Do they watch a Will Ferrell comedy? Play Mario Kart with their kids? Suffer a fit of deep, existential angst? We wanted to know, too. Welcome to How I Take a Loss. For our latest edition, we talked to Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry, who, yeah—no introduction needed. Back in November, Curry was out and about with Callaway, hitting balls in a rare midseason break from hoops. (If you're unfamiliar: Steph Curry is a golfer. And a damn good one, too.) To celebrate the extension of his partnership with Callaway Golf, Curry—a guy who has won a couple things!—agreed to talk to Esquire about losing. Here, Curry gets into it all: Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals, playing as himself in PGA Tour 2K23, and the loss that made Steph Curry, well, Steph Curry. [Read More](   [The Best-Looking Desks to Revamp Your Work-From-Home Setup]( [The Best-Looking Desks to Revamp Your Work-From-Home Setup]( Whether you've got a square foot or an entire room to spare. [Read More]( [20 Documentaries That Will Change Your Life]( [20 Documentaries That Will Change Your Life]( These documentaries are powerful, shocking, heartbreaking, and intense, and each will expand the horizons of the viewers open to learning more about the world. [Read More](     [The Doughnut that Saved Las Vegas]( [The Doughnut that Saved Las Vegas]( For twelve years before becoming the man who brought Krispy Kreme doughnuts to the West, Lincoln Spoor was managing director of high-yield investments for Bank of America. He had grown up in Minneapolis, gone to business school at Tuck, and settled in New York City, where he found himself traveling three to five days a week for a decade, spending so much time in the sky and on the road—particularly in Los Angeles and Las Vegas—that he and his wife, Leslee, finally got a place in Park City, Utah, so they could see each other more often on weekends. [Read More](   [ESQ 1933 Jewelry]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice/Notice at Collection]( esquire.com ©2023 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019