A GOP civil war? Don’t bet on it

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🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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If you’ve paid any attention to the news lately, you’ve probably heard this line: There’s a “civil war” raging within the GOP. Republican leadership is duking it out in the open after losing the White House, the House and the Senate; just this week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy ousted his No. 3, Rep. Liz Cheney. On this Playbook Deep Dive, political analyst Jeff Greenfield digs into a contrarian argument with Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza: There is no civil war. This is a purge of anyone who isn't sticking to the party line — and it might actually strengthen the GOP. Ryan Lizza is a co-author of POLITICO Playbook.Jeff Greenfield is a five-time Emmy-winning network television analyst and author.Adrienne Hurst is a producer for POLITICO audio.Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. SHOW NOTES A GOP Civil War? Don’t Bet On It, by Jeff Greenfield Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	An all-out civil war now taking place under the GOP tent.
0:05.0	This is going to be like a battle royale.
0:09.0	If you've been reading the coverage lately, it's easy to believe the Republican Party is eating itself alive.
0:15.0	The entire Republican civil war.
0:16.0	The threat to democracy.
0:18.0	And the civil war.
0:19.0	Where do I stand?
0:20.0	NBC calls it a GOP power struggle.
0:23.0	The hell describes deep rifts.
0:26.0	Enormous consequences.
0:27.0	It's also a collapse of a party.
0:29.0	Battle of the century.
0:32.0	So if this is a civil war, it's like Jefferson Davis decided to surrender right after Ford Sumpter.
0:38.0	The piece that I wrote asks in so many words, what civil war?
0:47.0	This is Playbook Deep Dive. I'm Ryan Liza.
0:51.0	Can we move forward without President Trump the answer is no.
0:56.0	Today, we're traveling through time.
0:59.0	Through the last 200 years or so, in fact, to contextualize what's happening right now behind the scenes in the Republican Party.
1:06.0	After losing the White House, the House, and the Senate, GOP leadership is duking it out in the open.
1:13.0	Talk about awkward, given how all of this is playing out so publicly.
1:19.0	Just on Wednesday, the minority leader in the House ousted his number three.
1:24.0	Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming.
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