House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has created the ultimate backhanded compliment.
On Thursday, McCarthy talked 2020 at an Axios event with reporter Mike Allen. The Republican obviously wasn't a big fan of his home-state Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif), saying she should "accomplish something in the Senate" before running for president. Yet he had a more subtle dig for former Vice President Joe Biden, and employed a stellar comparison to do it.
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