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- Tucker Carlson won concessions from Kevin McCarthy in a deal that made him House speaker, per his texts.
- Carlson said McCarthy agreed to put Rep. Thomas Massie on a committee, as he demanded on his Fox News show.
- McCarthy won the speakership the next day.
Tucker Carlson extracted concessions from Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California that cinched the votes he needed from far-right members to Congress to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, the former Fox News host said in text messages obtained by Insider.