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  • 2 years ago
Speaking with the press on Friday, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) explained Rep. Jim Jordan's loss in a secret ballot.
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00:00 Yeah, unfortunately, Jim is no longer going to be the nominee.
00:07 We'll have to go back to the drawing board.
00:14 What history will look at, the crazy aides led by Gates,
00:20 the amount of damage they have done to this party, to this country, is insurmountable.
00:25 I've never seen this amount of damage done to just a few people for their own personalities,
00:31 for their own fear of what's going through.
00:33 And really, it's astonishing to me, and we are in a very bad position as a party.
00:41 One that has won the majority, one that America has trusted again,
00:44 that a simple eight people have put us in this place.
00:48 So what's going to happen next?
00:50 What kind of names do you expect to be on the Canada forum list?
00:53 I don't know. On a very serious note, this is talking about the person third in line to the presidency.
01:03 And the furthest step anybody takes is from the front row to the front row.
01:08 A lot of people here might put their name and might not have the knowledge of what it takes in others.
01:14 So I hope we have some other people up for the job that both could have done it.
01:18 I'm concerned about where we go from here.
01:21 [chatter]
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