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October 2, 2015

CA Rep. Kevin McCarthy Sparks Outrage on Benghazi Committee Comments 
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House speaker contender California Congressmember Kevin Mc Carthy is
facing criticism after he suggested the Benghazi oversight House
committee had been set up to discredit former secretary of state and
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Mc Carthy made the
comments in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News Tuesday.

Rep. Kevin Mc Carthy: "Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable,
right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select
committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why?
Because she's untrustable. But no one would have known any of that had
happened, had we not fought and made that happen."

Mc Carthy has been vying to become the next speaker of the House,
following John Boehner's announcement he would resign, but House
Republicans are questioning Mc Carthy's abilities following these
statements.

 

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