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Adam Schiff: “I think what that means is a couple of things. One is people have speculated well could Donald Trump actually be the…”

On the recordOctober 12, 2021
I think what that means is a couple of things. One is people have speculated well could Donald Trump actually be the speaker, because you don`t need to be in Congress to be speaker, the reality is, he would need to be the speaker, because essentially, Kevin McCarthy would do anything Donald Trump told him to do.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

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Adam Schiff discusses the implications of Kevin McCarthy potentially becoming Speaker of the House and the influence of Donald Trump.

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