Welcome to the Bullwork Podcast. I'm Charlie Sykes. It is June 7, 2023, and it is an

extraordinarily busy week so far in terms of the news cycle. And it's only Wednesday.

Chris Lick is out at CNN less than a week after that devastating Atlantic profile from

Tim Alberta. Yesterday, conservatives in the house, kneecap Kevin McCarthy in a surprise

revolt, they tanked a bill involving gas stoves. But their vote had nothing to do with the

gas stoves. It was just pure sort of petal and peak. They figured we need to screw Kevin

McCarthy. So they voted down the rules. The first time this has happened in more than

20 years inside baseball, but interesting. Of course, the indictment watch intensifies.

Catch up on the walls, not at Mar-a-Lago. The PGA sold out to the Saudis, which we'll get to

a little while. We can do you to monitor that human ecological and military disaster in Ukraine

is both sides are accusing the other of sabotaging the day. Tucker has returned. I actually,

on my podcast with Mona Cherneer, say I said, you know, we haven't heard from Tucker Carlson lately.

Well, he must have been listening because he dropped a low rent Twitter video yesterday.

And this will not come as a surprise to any of you. He is still lying and going deeper

down the wormhole of various conspiracy theories. And there are reports that Mark Meadows testified

before a grand jury. So the big question is rats fleeing from the ship. Did he flip? We have

no idea. We are joined this morning by AB starter to associate editor and columnist at

real clear politics. Welcome back to the podcast. We need to be with you, Charlie. Can we start

with the presidential race? I mean, there's a lot of juicy stuff out there that we can get to.

But I have to say that I'm a little bit. I was fascinated watching Chris Christie last night.

Now Mike Pence is rolling out his campaign today. And you can go watch the video if you want.

But I think the real buzz is around the way that Chris Christie brought the hot sauce last night.

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