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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is pulling no punches about the real reason he believes he was ousted from power, according to new reports. The former Republican leader appeared Tuesday night at a Georgetown University event on the strength of American democracy and predictably found himself discussing his ejection from the House speakership in 2023, according to reporter Ben Jacobs and Politico. “McCarthy says the only reason that he is not Speaker,” Jacobs reported, “is because ‘one person wanted me to stop an ethics complaint” linked to accusations he’d had sex with a 17-year-old…

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