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The Chris Plante Show

1-3-25 Hour 1 - Will Mike Johnson Remain Speaker?

The Chris Plante Show

WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington

News, Government, Politics

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In hour 1, guest host Mike Opelka talks about Speaker Mike Johnson and his odds of remaining speaker of the house... For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, download the WMAL app, visit WMAL.com or tune in love on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 9:00am-12:00pm Monday-Friday To join the conversation, check us out on X @WMAL and @ChrisPlanteShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This Sunday, old rivals go head to head as Liverpool take on Manchester United at Anfield.

0:07.4

Can you believe it?

0:09.2

And you can stream it live on Sky Sports, available with no contract on now.

0:14.9

Absolutely brilliant.

0:16.7

Stream Liverpool versus Manchester United, live this Sunday from 4.30 p.m. head to nowTV.com.

0:25.8

18 plus, guy sports content streamed via internet. Full turns apply.

0:33.7

About 11 a.m. is when the fun begins and we will see if Mike Johnson can hang on to the gavel.

0:40.7

As of this hour, the math is not mathing, and the numbers are not there for the speaker.

0:48.9

So the math isn't mathing.

0:51.2

Why wouldn't you say the numbers aren't numbering?

0:56.0

You know, if you really try to be clever.

0:59.7

But they're not clever. Ever.

1:14.6

And welcome to Friday on the Chris Plant show. The final day of the plant vacation, Mike O'Pelke, in for my friend Chris Plant as we celebrate the return of Congress. The House and the Senate are back. Yes, they have arrived back in the swamp.

1:24.4

And today there will be a couple of interesting things to watch. Everyone seems to be

1:30.4

obsessed with whether or not Speaker Johnson will be able to retain the speakership to retain the

1:36.6

gavel. And it's going to be an interesting one. There is so much speculation on this today,

1:46.3

so much. And the Senate will be sworn in today. This is, we're going to have some fun with this one because the senators

1:53.0

have to take their oath for, uh, for this year. And Kamala Harris, the vice president,

2:02.6

has to swear them all in.

2:05.0

And there's a whole bunch of people who are upset about

2:07.6

the fact that Kamala Harris has to swear in some people

2:10.8

that she may or may not like,

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