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McCarthy blasts Biden's 'Christmas wishlist'

28 November

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United States House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (pictured) criticized US President Joe Biden's economic agenda, mockingly describing it as a "Christmas wishlist."

McCarthy took to Twitter and claimed that Biden's Build Back Better agenda will "make Americans pay more for less," and "eliminate clean American energy production to make [the US] more dependent on Russia and OPEC."

The Republican has repeatedly castigated Biden's spending bills, urging the Democrats to abandon the plans to adopt the legislation and calling it a "Socialist Spending Scam."

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