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Mick Mulvaney: “You need the brinkmanship. You need the threat of financial turmoil in order to accomplish what you want to accomplish…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
You need the brinkmanship. You need the threat of financial turmoil in order to accomplish what you want to accomplish politically.
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Mick Mulvaney
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Mulvaney criticizes the Secretary of the Treasury for using financial instability for political gain.

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