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98: WaPo’s Dana Milbank On How Only 2/3 of GOP House Members Are Crazy

The Al Franken Podcast

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McCarthy

I think it's more likely that McCarthy is a steel trap caucus. His plan was to go in and basically, you know, outlast them through attrition. I think he was gradually caving all along. He certainly met a lot of their demands before it ever started. But what he did after Thursday night wasBasically hand it over, say, whatever you need, I'm going to do whatever it takes. So I think the Freedom Caucus, as they're called, kind of stumbled into this winning strategy. They're instinct. We stop government.

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