Listen, here's what Kevin McCarthy had a front row seat for. He had a front row seat when the extreme element of their caucus ran John Boehner out of the speakership. He had a front row seat when that same element in their caucus ran Paul Ryan, out of the speakership.
Claire McCaskill reflects on Kevin McCarthy's experience with the extreme elements of the Republican Party that have previously ousted other speakers.
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if they raised the specter of fraud in elections, it undermines people’s faith in elections, and that damage has been done, and they want to continue to do that damage, and that is something we all need to worry about.
he’s worried about Donald Trump’s candidates winning Republican primaries, which makes it harder for him to take back power.
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Well, the first analysis was, would he be that different in the United States Senate than the other two viable candidates in the primary? Their voting records would have been about the same, Chris. They were all very conservative candidates. They all were going to vote much differently than I would.
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