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Kevin McCarthy has a weak excuse for rejecting an invitation to Ukraine

By Tom Rogan

Published March 8, 2023 8:42pm ET

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Kevin McCarthy has a weak excuse for rejecting an invitation to Ukraine — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, following a meeting for the House Republican leadership elections. McCarthy easily won an internal party election Wednesday to take over the shrunken House GOP caucus, a familiar role for the underestimated scrapper whose top priority will be to protect President Donald Trump's agenda and try to build the party back to retake the majority. | (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has repeatedly said he doesn’t want to give Ukraine a “blank check.”

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