"Right off the bat, it’s important to emphasize that McCarthy was a poor House speaker, and that’s not something he can blame on the minority conference."

That is the one of the talking points that Democrats should be using. Kevin McCarthy was a poor House speaker.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/problems-blaming-democrats-mccarthys-downfall-rcna118763