A GOP House Divided

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his role as Speaker of the House, the first time in history that such an event has occurred. Eight House Republicans voted to remove McCarthy, with House Democrats unanimously following suit. With the unprecedented vacancy, now acting Speaker, Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), has declared a recess until both parties can agree on how to move forward. On the Rundown, Congressman Tim Burchett (R-TN), one of the few Republicans to vote against McCarthy, shares the reasoning behind his decision, why he believes this change was necessary, and who may be tapped to fill this high position. After Tuesday’s ousting of Speaker McCarthy, the question now remains: when will the GOP be able to place a new representative in the position? Republicans have voiced confidence that they will be able to quickly name a new speaker, and various names have been floated: Rep. Steve Scalise, Rep. Tom Emmer, Rep. Jim Jordan, and even former President Trump. Trey Gowdy, Host of The Trey Gowdy Podcast and Sunday Night in America, joins the Rundown to discuss why he believes a new speaker will encounter many of the same issues as McCarthy did, his fears that Congress is no longer serious about confronting our mounting debt, and what kind of lasting impact this ousting will have for the GOP. Plus, commentary by FOX News Legal Analyst Gregg Jarrett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Abby Hornissette. I'm Ben Dominic. I'm Dana Perino and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:08.4	Thursday, October 5th, 2023. I'm Dave Anthony. The house needs a new speaker.
0:17.2	After Kevin McCarthy was ousted in an uprising led by eight of his fellow Republicans,
0:23.1	including Congressman Tim Birchett. I didn't come here to make friends with these folks up here.
0:28.1	This is a swamp and it is real and it is very contagious. And that's why we are 33 trillion
0:33.8	dollars in debt. And I'm Jessica Rosenthal. Well, the fight over the speaker's position
0:38.8	among Republicans leave a bitter taste in voters' mouths. Here's the good news for whoever the next
0:44.4	speaker is. On the Republican side, you won't be speaker for long. We speak with former South Carolina
0:48.9	Congressman and host of the Fox show Sunday Night in America. Tray Gowdy. And I'm Greg Jarrett.
0:54.8	I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:02.6	Now what? That is the big question at the Capitol. After the house speaker was ousted.
1:09.1	Nobody trusts Kevin McCarthy. Kevin McCarthy has made multiple contradictory promises.
1:14.0	Congressman Matt Gates got seven other Republicans to join him voting McCarthy out as speaker
1:20.0	in Gates-Tel's Fox. I've traveled all over this country and I have seen the despondents and the
1:25.5	sadness and conservatives who don't believe that Republicans and Congress are fighting enough for them.
1:30.0	Now the last straw, he says, was McCarthy's compromise with the Senate on a short term funding
1:34.9	built over a government shutdown without spending cuts conservatives demanded. You know, it was
1:40.0	personal. It had nothing to do about spending. And Kevin McCarthy also said after being voted out.
1:46.1	I do not regret negotiating. Our government is designed to find compromise.
1:50.8	Of course, House Democrats went along with the eight Republicans to make history,
1:56.4	making McCarthy the first speaker ever voted out. And that has many other GOP lawmakers angry
2:02.5	Claudia Tenetel's Fox. The Democrats are gleeful. They have destroyed our country and they're
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