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On the recordAugust 1, 2021
I'll make this one promise here, if we win the majority, which is know we're going to do, you're all invited. But more importantly, I want you to watch Nancy Pelosi hand me that gavel. It'll be hard not to hit her with it, but I will bang it down.
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Kevin McCarthy
Republican · California

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Kevin McCarthy jokingly promises to take the gavel from Nancy Pelosi if Republicans win the majority in the House.

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