McCarthy's Tweet Displays Ignorance of U.S. Territorial History
• Rep. Kevin McCarthy tweeted inaccurately that the U.S. has never asked for land after wars, except to bury dead soldiers
• Critics mocked McCarthy since his California district was ceded by Mexico after the Mexican-American War
• People pointed out U.S. territorial gains after the Mexican and Spanish American Wars
• McCarthy was ignorant that nearly half the U.S. land mass was seized after the Mexican War
• The tweet demonstrated McCarthy's loose grasp of history, despite his confidence