Q: if Republican MAGA wing 218 votes pass this bill, then it’s mainstream position not MAGA wing?


#shorts On 4/25/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “You just talked about the MAGA wing of the Republican Party. Kevin McCarthy is trying to rally votes for the Limit, Save, Grow Act, which the White House has threatened to veto. If he’s able to get 218 votes for this bill, does this become a mainstream Republican position as opposed to just a wing of the party? And if this is the mainstream position —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well, let’s —

Reporter: — what’s your — what’s your —

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Appreciate the question, but I’m not going to jump into hypotheticals from here. I’m not a House whip. He has to do his job as Speaker and see if he can get the votes for this bill … We have been very clear: This President does not support this bill. I think Leader Schumer has been very clear about this bill, and I’ll let the Leader speak for himself. We have spoken — we — we read out a conversation that the President had with Leaders Schumer and Jeffries, agree that we won’t negotiate over avoiding default. We’re just not going to do that. And we’ve been very clear.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/08TbsIjA7iQ
Q: if Republican MAGA wing 218 votes pass this bill, then it’s mainstream position not MAGA wing?

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