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Column: Kevin McCarthy 'won' the House speakership. Now the country will pay the price

Column: Kevin McCarthy 'won' the House speakership. Now the country will pay the price

The Bakersfield Republican ceded so much, he will spend his tenure on a razor's edge. Even worse, legislation will be hostage to an extreme fringe of far-right zealots.

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