10-4-23 Hour 1 - Kevin McCarthy is Outta Here

The Chris Plante Show

WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington

Government, News, Politics

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In hour 1, Chris talks about, and takes calls on, the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the house. A Historic night in Washington to be sure, but what comes next, and was this the right move? 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	I just wouldn't understand if there's a handful of Republicans who join Democrats who get
0:08.5	to determine who's the Speaker of the House is.
0:13.3	Who's the Speaker of the House is?
0:16.5	The now former erstwhile Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, some kind of a day yesterday
0:23.0	here in Washington DC, more than our usual dose of drama, and a couple of things to talk
0:31.1	about surrounding the ups and downs of Kevin McCarthy's political career of the Republican
0:40.6	party and control of the House of Representatives, and opinions vary.
0:48.5	Let me say that.
0:50.3	Matt Gaetz, who I know a bit and has been a guest on the panel on my Newsmax television
0:57.9	show a number of times, and I like Matt Gaetz, and I think he's a smart guy, and he's a funny
1:03.0	guy, and he's fun, and he made his move because the Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy
1:15.9	did not make good on a series of promises, promises he made in order to secure votes to become
1:21.7	the Speaker of the House, important promises.
1:26.9	Having to do with, you know, Washington speak, we all speak like CR, oh, really another
1:33.6	CR, we all talk CRs, how about regular order?
1:37.8	Do you discuss regular order around the dinner table because regular order must be restored.
1:43.5	I'm pounding my fist on the countertop here.
1:46.4	Regular order must be restored, and it really ought to be restored.
1:49.6	And, you know, 12 appropriations bills, it's only required by law.
1:54.0	But why would the Congress obey the law?
1:56.5	They passed the law.
1:59.0	That means they don't have to follow or obey the law because they passed it.
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