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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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