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Trump Tells Republicans to Rally Around McCarthy

December 16, 2022 · 5:58 pm ET · Leave a Comment

Donald Trump told Breitbart that the conservatives currently withholding support from House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy in McCarthy’s speakership bid need to stand down.

Said Trump: “I think it’s a very dangerous game that’s being played. It’s a very dangerous game. Some bad things could happen.”

He added: “Look, we had Boehner and he was a strange person but we ended up with Paul Ryan who was ten times worse. Paul Ryan was an incompetent speaker. I think he goes down as the worst speaker in history.“

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