Cenk Uygur
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Real Reason Kevin McCarthy Dropped Out Of House Speakership Race
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October 10, 2015
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11:29Now PlayingHouse Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy recently dropped out of the race for the Speakership, and in the immediate aftermath of that decision many assumed it was due to his Benghazi gaffe. It turns out it may be about something much more personal. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (Think Tank), Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies), and Jimmy Dore, (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Minutes after the Kevin McCarthy left a hurried press conference announcing his unexpected departure from the race to replace John Boehner as Speaker of the House on Thursday, Fox News’ Gretchen Carlson asked his Republican colleagues about an ominous note sent to the GOP House caucus urging candidates to drop out if “there are any misdeeds he has committed since joining Congress that will embarrass himself.”...
Then on Thursday morning, a Chicago-based GOP donor and known gadfly, Steve Baer, sent an email to at least eight GOP lawmakers, including the personal account of Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, another female Western lawmaker, the wife of one GOP Rep. and Kevin McCarthy, threatening to expose an alleged affair.”*
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