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Politics
Dennis Aftergut

Now the MAGA caucus owns George Santos

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday that he is all in for Rep. George Santos, the embattled New York Republican who appears to have invented his entire résumé: "You know why I'm standing by him?" McCarthy told the media. "Because his constituents voted for him." 

That came just a day after McCarthy, who appointed Santos to two committees last week, ejected Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., from the House Intelligence Committee. 

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