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David Valadao: “Eight members in the entire Democrat party made this…”

Featuring: David Valadao, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 22

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Rep. David Valadao details ousting of Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker

Published | Video Starts at 04:03

You would think that some of them had a little more ability to work with them. There's some members that probably never would have got there. But again, it was Eight members in the entire Democrat party made this decision. 210 Republicans were unified behind the speaker. In any other situation, 95% is a strong, strong number. All right, so I want to talk about the ripple effects of this. (04:03–04:09)

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