A Minority View

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) stops to talk to reporters as he walks through National Statuary Hall from the office normally occupied by the speaker of the House, towards the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Time

Commentary

HONOLULU—If one discounts Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, Hawaii is about as far—geographically and politically—from Washington, D.C., as one can get.