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Wesley Hunt: “Kevin McCarthy, took him 15 votes to become the Speaker, I…”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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Published | Video Starts at 15:13

The whole country is divided right now. And to answer your question, of course, I mean, when you have, I mean, our speaker of the House, I mean initially, Kevin McCarthy, took him 15 votes to become the Speaker, I mean that's by definition divided. And you only have a four at that time, a four seat majority now with retirements, a two seat majority. And so, yeah, I would totally agree with that. (15:13–15:19)

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Asserts that it took Kevin McCarthy 15 votes to become Speaker of the House, indicating division.

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