Kevin McCarthy: It’s ‘unfair’ to hold Trump accountable for ‘send her back’ chants

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President Trump made the right decision to move on with his speech when “send her back” chants broke out at a campaign rally overnight, according to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

“You want to dislike the president so much, you’re going to accuse him of trying to do something he did not do. He moved on in the speech, he never joined in in it, and you want to try to hold him accountable for something in a big audience?” the California Republican asked reporters on Thursday. “I think that’s an unfair position.”

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