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Kevin McCarthy fact-checked on American history in brutal community note

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McCarthy's claims about U.S. history sparked a wave of ridicule on social media.

Kevin McCarthy fact-checked on American history in brutal community note

Historian Joshua Zeitz wrote on X, "This guy represents California in Congress — one of 9 current states whose territory the US won in part or whole during the Mexican War of 1848."

"These guys spent so much time erasing American history that they forgot to read it," wrote BET host Marc Lamont Hill.

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