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Burning Down the House with Molly Reynolds

The Lawfare Podcast

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Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House, Is That Pyrrhic Victory?

CNN's John Avlon asks, given the concessions that Kevin McCarthy has just laid out, is that not the ultimate Pyrrhic victory? "How do you possibly govern under these circumstances?" he says. Some Republicans in the House Republican Conference are also likely to see it as an even bigger Pyrrhic win for their own political ambitions. 'I think one thing that's been pretty clear throughout this entire episode is that Kevin McCarthy really wants to be Speaker'

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