Kevin McCarthy is signaling he’ll institutionalize key Trumpian priorities if he takes over as House speaker next year — aggressive tactics targeting undocumented immigrants, liberals and corporate America.

Why it matters: He’d govern with an edge and agenda in stark contrast not just to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) but to Paul Ryan, the last Republican in the role. McCarthy’s vision would empower populists and pugilists to complete the Republican makeover Donald Trump drove this far…

McCarthy’s willing to empower the most conservative members of his conference as no recent GOP leader has done.

He elevated Jordan — once seen as a rival — to ranking member on House Judiciary and placed many other members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus on desirable committees. McCarthy said it’s about matching people to their talents and that he wasn’t favoring one faction of the conference over others.