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Behind the News: A Look Rightward

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McCarthy, Is That Really McCarthy?

McCarthy is very politically talented. He intentionally courted Jim Jordan when McCarthy lost out on the speakership back in 2015, after the Freedom Caucus forced John Boehner's resignation. And it's just an impossible balancing act to be able to keep them happy while keeping the establishment happy. The election was part of it. I think a lot of people, just normal Republican voters were really upset about what happened on January 6 that doesn't mean and what happened before January 6 between the election and January 6.

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