“Do I want to be speaker? Yes. But I don’t have to be speaker. My life will be fine one way or another.”
— Kevin McCarthy, in an interview with the Associated Press.
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“Do I want to be speaker? Yes. But I don’t have to be speaker. My life will be fine one way or another.”
— Kevin McCarthy, in an interview with the Associated Press.
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