Rep. Walter Jones Explains His Letter Implying McCarthy Affair

By Ed Scarce — October 10, 2015
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(NY 1) WASHINGTON -- The day before House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy stunned Republicans by pulling out of the U.S. House Speaker's race, Rep. Walter Jones (R-3rd) wrote a letter to the GOP conference chair, asking that "any candidate for Speaker of the House, majority leader and majority whip withdraw himself from the leadership election if there are any misdeeds he has committed since joining Congress that will embarrass himself."
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