Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) lost the speakership earlier this year when eight Republicans joined with all House Democrats to vacate his chair, and this week he announced he would be leaving Congress entirely at the end of the year. According to a new report from Politico about McCarthy’s home district, his supporters aren’t shocked about the sudden resignation, leaving the GOP with an even smaller margin than McCarthy managed through most of 2023. “He’s the hometown boy who made good, but then he had a tragic end,” Bakersfield City Council member Mark Salvaggio told the site. “The rea…