A deal with the devil is never done until it bleeds you dry

This week, ousted Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy learned a valuable lesson: A deal with the devil is never done until it bleeds you dry.

McCarthy made that deal in 2021, several weeks after the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, when he flew down to Mar-a-Lago, shook hands with the man who incited that attack, and enlisted former President Donald Trump’s help in winning back the House majority in 2022.