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Being Kevin McCarthy
The man most likely to replace Eric Cantor as House Majority Leader is California Rep. Kevin McCarthy. He’s also one of the inspirations for Kevin Spacey’s scheming politician Francis Underwood on House of Cards.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readThe man most likely to replace Eric Cantor as House Majority Leader is California Rep. Kevin McCarthy. He’s also one of the inspirations for Kevin Spacey’s scheming politician Francis Underwood on House of Cards. We get a look at the life and work of the congressman from Bakersfield, and how he managed to go from obscure lightweight to rising political star in just one year.
