“A state of chaos”

Deadline: White House

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News, Donald Trump, Daily News, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Politics, Nbc News, Washington Dc, Msnbc, Government

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Nicolle Wallace discusses the complete and total paralysis of the House of Representatives as they continue to vote to elect a Speaker of the House, what Kevin McCarthy will do next, President Biden’s trip with Mitch McConnell to Kentucky to tout bipartisan accomplishments and more. Joined by: Garrett Haake, David Jolly, Donna Edwards, Tim Miller, Rep. Jim Himes, Ali Vitali, David Plouffe, Matt Dowd, Cornell Belcher, Eddie Glaude, Andrew Weissmann and Jake Sherman.

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone.
0:05.4	Here we go again.
0:06.4	It's 4 o'clock in New York.
0:07.4	At this hour, the House of Representatives is completely and totally paralyzed.
0:12.6	It is unable and incapable of swearing in its own members, forming committees, setting
0:17.4	rules for itself, asking legislation, even in the case of an emergency, can do any of those
0:23.0	things.
0:24.0	It's a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedented in modern American history,
0:29.0	and it is all because the new House Republican majority cannot agree on who should lead
0:34.8	it in the 118th Congress.
0:37.3	House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy has moved into the Speaker's office already.
0:41.8	It appears to be living by the motto, if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try,
0:47.4	try, try again.
0:49.4	He has now lost five votes for the Speaker ship.
0:51.7	Six votes underway.
0:52.7	It's already clear from the math that McCarthy doesn't have the votes to become Speaker of
0:57.9	the House of Representatives this time either.
1:01.0	Democrats for their part quietly made history yesterday by choosing the first black leader,
1:05.0	the leader party in Congress.
1:07.2	Democrats have been united through this whole sorry episode for the country.
1:11.4	Here's what Hakeem Duffries told NBC News about the possibility of his caucus getting
1:16.0	behind a so-called moderate Republican.
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