The Great America Show Mid-Day Update - June 28, 2023
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Summary
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is lurching from one self-inflicted mess to another, this time going after the Republican Party s presumptive presidential nominee and McCarthy's benefactor. Speaker McCarthy on CNBC yesterday, where he waxed cute and talked big, declared Donald Trump may not be the strongest candidate, despite polling more than 30 points higher than the next closest candidate in the field. Here s McCarthy insulting the former president who helped make him speaker.
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I'm Lou Dobbs with the Great America Show Midday Update, House Speaker Rhino Kevin McCarthy
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lurching from one self-inflicted mess to another, this time going after the Republican Party's
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presumptive presidential nominee and McCarthy's benefactor.
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Speaker McCarthy on CNBC yesterday, where he waxed cute and talked big, declared Donald
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Trump may not be the strongest candidate, despite polling more than 30 points higher
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Here's McCarthy insulting the former president who helped make him speaker.
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If he wins the primary, do you think he can win the general?
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And is it good for the Republican Party if Donald Trump is the nominee?
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And then I want to get to Biden and his malarkey defense and all that stuff.
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Is that a good thing for the Republican Party if Donald Trump is the...
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I think if you want to go sheer policy to policy, it's not good for Republicans.
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Trump's policies are better, straightforward than Biden's policies.
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It makes it complicated if he's got all these trials and all this stuff overhanging.
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The question is, is he the strongest to win the election?
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McCarthy has since called President Trump to apologize for what he called misspeaking and
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blame the reporter for taking comments out of context.
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As you heard, McCarthy was definitely talking in context and meant what he said.
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And House impeachment of Attorney General Merrick Garland is said to begin July 6.
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The House Speaker announced they will begin impeachment proceedings next week.
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We'll see whether he can get this right, but House records show Merrick Garland isn't scheduled
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to testify before the House Judiciary Committee until September 20th, almost three months from
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Today's episode of The Great America Show with Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville.
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He's trying to wake up the leadership of the U.S. military.
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The senator taking on the woke Pentagon and single-handedly trying to force the general
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staffs to start acting like they're running a fighting machine instead of a book club.
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Tuberville stopping all military promotions for admirals and generals, no one else, just
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admirals and generals, until the military focuses on fighting instead of fabulous.
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Join us today for The Great America Show and each and every weekday.
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This is Lou Dobbs with The Great America Show Midday Update.