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Conor O'Callaghan: “A lot of what the president is doing is what was in the…”

Featuring: Conor O'Callaghan, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 1

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Conor O'Callaghan on BBC News

Published | Video Starts at 01:43

What's ironic with Speaker Johnson and other Republicans, you know, jumping up and down saying, oh, you know, this is a political stunt. A lot of what the president is doing is what was in the legislation that Donald Trump single handedly killed. So look, any, anytime we can do something bipartisan, that's always better, as the president said, but he had to go it alone and he's really doing things that the Republicans originally wanted done anyway. (01:43–01:50)

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Asserts that current presidential actions align with legislation previously blocked by Donald Trump.

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