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‘Those will be on Pelosi’: McCarthy blames millions of layoffs on Democrats’ bargaining tactics

By Nihal Krishan
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‘Those will be on Pelosi’: McCarthy blames millions of layoffs on Democrats’ bargaining tactics

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democrats were to blame for anticipated layoffs from the past two weeks, saying their demands to restructure a small-business relief package caused delays that hurt employment.

“Tomorrow, we’ll find out how many more Americans got laid off in the last week. Those will be on Pelosi,” McCarthy said on Wednesday morning.

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