Democrat mocks Kevin McCarthy and attacks Trump on House floor during speaker speech

Democrat mocks GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy and attacks realDonaldTrump on House floor during speaker speech

Rep. Pete Aguilar mocked McCarthy, who is vying for the speakership himself, for his support of former President Donald Trump as Aguilar praised Jeffries amid a contentious speaker's election on Tuesday. The first day of the 118th Congress will decide if McCarthy's weeks of negotiating with the conservative wing of his conference end with the gavel in his hand.

"[Jeffries] does not traffic in extremism," Aguilar said in the speech."He does not grovel to or make excuses for a twice-impeached, so-called former president. Madame Clerk, he does not bend the knee to anyone who would seek to undermine our democracy because, Madame Clerk, that's not what leaders do."CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

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