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Wesley Hunt: “You only have a four at that time, a four seat majority now…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 15:18

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. But as you can see too, the country's divided. And I tell people this a lot too. You get the government you vote for. (15:18–15:25)

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Asserts that the Republican majority in the House has decreased from four seats to two seats due to retirements.

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