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John Duarte: “Kevin McCarthy [was] fairly tragic[ally] and incoherent[ly]…”

Featuring: John Duarte, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 13

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The 13th Congressional District w/ John Duarte

Published | Video Starts at 01:49

But this last year, an unprecedented use of the word unprecedented from beginning to end back in Congress, from the difficulty in getting our native son of the valley here, Kevin McCarthy [was] fairly tragic[ally] and incoherent[ly] remov[ed as Speaker of the House]. removal and then reestablishing Mike Johnson as speaker, who's a very good man and caused none of this and is doing a great job as a speaker could under these conditions. (01:49–01:51)

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Asserts that Kevin McCarthy was removed as Speaker of the House in a tragic and incoherent manner.

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