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    The one thing Republican Kevin McCarthy dared to do that was over-the-line was to work with Democrats to avert shutdown for the sake of the country. But that was too much for the right-wing extremists, who caused this in the first place…

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        I don't understand what you're saying. Yes, they voted with Democrats to remove him. That's the entire context for my comment: they didn't like that he dared to work with Democrats (for one moment) to avert a government shutdown.

        As for Democrats, they have learned that they can't trust him as he's gone back on his word and agreements multiple times, as Pramila Jayapal said in her statement.