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State Of Extremism In America One Year After Capitol Insurrection

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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Mc Carthy's Quest for the Speaker's Gadget

Despite being the heir apparent, mc carthy was passed over to replace speaker john bayner when ultra conservative freedom caucus members vowed to not support him. He then turned his attention to trump's biggest acolytes in congress, including representatives paul gosar, lawren bober and marjory taylor greenacre. The president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob riders,. I don't believe he' provoked, if you listened to what he said at the rally. But a little more than one week after that,McCarthy sang a different tune. Although he did have this moment of clarity in the hours after the insurrection, we will not falter,

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