A HOUSE DIVIDED: Gaetz Plots to Oust Speaker McCarthy
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Jay Sekulow
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🗓️ 3 October 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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The House battle over leadership conflict rages as Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL-1) seeks to oust Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (CA-20). Does Congress have the votes from House Republicans and Democrats to force this move? This political showdown comes from some conservatives' anger over McCarthy's willingness to make deals with Democrats on the Continuing Resolution, such as the recent spending bill that almost led to a government shutdown. Is this in-House fighting good for our country just before a presidential election? On today's show, the Sekulow team discusses the need for swift conflict resolution in the House, former President Donald Trump's civil case trial in New York City, including puzzling antics from the judge, and the latest news with President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Seculo, a house divided, Matt Gaetz plots to oust Speaker McCarthy as soon as today. |
| 0:09.0 | Keeping you informed and engaged, now more than ever. This is Seculo. |
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| 0:26.0 | And now your host, Jordan Seculo. |
| 0:29.0 | Welcome to Seculo. We're taking your phone calls to 1-800-684-3-110. |
| 0:32.0 | A lot happening on Capitol Hill this morning amongst Republicans, Democrats as well. |
| 0:37.0 | Just a merge from there behind a closed-door meeting where the leader of the Democrats, |
| 0:43.0 | Kim Jeffrey, said that there was a Democrat support and unity to potentially either make a deal or oust Speaker McCarthy. |
| 0:54.0 | So I think this is a situation unfortunately set up by Matt Gaetz unless and again maybe will be surprised |
| 1:00.0 | that if Speaker McCarthy goes, Democrats got something. |
| 1:04.0 | If Speaker McCarthy stays, Democrats got something in a Republican-controlled house where that didn't have to happen. |
| 1:12.0 | They're going to get more power either way at this point. |
| 1:16.0 | Now, Speaker McCarthy is taking a more hard-line approach and saying, I'm not making deals with Democrats and they haven't proposed any deals. |
| 1:22.0 | And I don't care if they propose any deals. We'll just take a vote and I'll deal with it as it goes. |
| 1:28.0 | So I don't think he wants to be seen as the person who has bowed down to Democrats to keep the Speaker position. |
| 1:34.0 | But when Matt Gaetz at this point give power over to the minority party just to see McCarthy go, |
| 1:42.0 | I mean, Matt Gaetz isn't going to be the Speaker of the House. It's going to be another person from leadership. |
| 1:46.0 | I think the person they're talking about is currently the majority whip to Kevin McCarthy. |
| 1:50.0 | Not someone who's going to be very different. Look up Tom Emmer's, Google him. |
| 1:54.0 | See if he seems very different from Kevin McCarthy. I think the only difference is he seems to have been older. |
| 1:58.0 | And maybe less in control of less of a name in Washington DC. |
| 2:04.0 | You start wondering how is he going to keep control of a House conference that has been, obviously he hasn't done a great job as majority whip |
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