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Kevin McCarthy: “It's easy to surrender. If you want to surrender, yes. But if you want to fight for the American public, to secure our…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2023
It's easy to surrender. If you want to surrender, yes. But if you want to fight for the American public, to secure our borders and keep government open, how is that a problem? It's only for CNN that that becomes a problem, that I don't surrender to the liberals.
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Kevin McCarthy
Republican · California

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McCarthy defends his decision to work with Democrats to prevent a government shutdown.

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