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Adam Schiff: “Moreover, if Kevin McCarthy is speaker, then, functionally, Donald Trump is speaker, because McCarthy will not stand up…”

On the recordOctober 14, 2021
Moreover, if Kevin McCarthy is speaker, then, functionally, Donald Trump is speaker, because McCarthy will not stand up to him, no matter how unethical the demand.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

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Schiff emphasizes the dangerous influence Trump would have through McCarthy's speakership.

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