‘Nightmare for the American people’: Democrats blast McCarthy’s rise to speaker

By Ryan King
Published January 7, 2023 6:56am ET
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‘Nightmare for the American people’: Democrats blast McCarthy’s rise to speaker
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) secured his bid for House speaker early Saturday morning, but that feat will likely be a “nightmare for the American people,” Democrats emphatically warned. At times amused by the bitter GOP infighting that paralyzed Congress for nearly a week, top Democrats tore into his ascension fretting that the drawn-out saga emboldened the […]

Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) secured his bid for House speaker early Saturday morning, but that feat will likely be a “nightmare for the American people,” Democrats emphatically warned.

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