On the recordAugust 21, 2022
He needs to keep Trump on his good side. He needs to make sure that Trump is happy with him, because, otherwise, he probably won`t have the juice to be elected speaker by his Republican colleagues.
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msnbc.comKevin McCarthy: “He needs to keep Trump on his good side. He needs to make sure that Trump is happy with him, because, otherwise, he…”
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Grace Segers discussed McCarthy's reliance on Trump's support for his ambitions to become Speaker of the House.
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