All Talk And No Speaker
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What A Day
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🗓️ 20 October 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Republicans have failed, again, to select a new House speaker. Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio – the far-right Republican who’s already lost two full floor votes – said he will continue his bid for the role, despite failing to convince the holdouts from his own party.
About 20 trucks carrying vital humanitarian aid for Gaza are waiting on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, though it’s not clear when they will be allowed to enter. Meanwhile, President Biden, in a live address from the Oval Office, called on Americans to stand with Israel and Ukraine – making the case that the U.S. must help on both fronts.
And in headlines: Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty for her role in the Georgia election interference case, California Senator Laphonza Butler said she will not run for a full term in 2024, and SAG-AFTRA has some Halloween costume advice for its members on strike.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, October 20, I'm Trevail Anderson. |
| 0:09.5 | And I'm Priyanka Arabandi and this is What A Day. |
| 0:13.2 | On today's show, a prominent Trump ally could end up testifying against him in the Georgia |
| 0:17.8 | election interference case, plus the Hollywood Actors Union has some Halloween costume advice |
| 0:23.1 | for its members on strike. |
| 0:25.4 | At first, we have confirmation once again that the Republican Party is full of messy |
| 0:30.6 | girlies who live for drama. |
| 0:32.9 | They still have not selected a speaker of the House after the ousting of Kevin McCarthy |
| 0:38.9 | two weeks ago. |
| 0:40.7 | As Juanita mentioned on yesterday's show, Representative Jim Jordan has lost two votes |
| 0:44.8 | to become the next House Speaker. |
| 0:46.7 | He hasn't been able to muster the required 217 votes to assume the position. |
| 0:52.8 | Now if that wasn't already messy, here's where it gets worse. |
| 0:57.1 | Yesterday morning, Jim Jordan actually said he would not pursue a third vote to become |
| 1:01.5 | speaker, at least not at this time. |
| 1:04.5 | And that was because he was endorsing this plan that surfaced to give acting speaker |
| 1:08.5 | Patrick McKinney of North Carolina more power to conduct the vital business of the government |
| 1:14.3 | while a longer term solution was worked out. |
| 1:17.4 | The thinking by Jordan and others was that McKinney could leave for now while Jordan |
| 1:22.1 | would be working on garnering more support of his Republican colleagues. |
| 1:26.3 | But then hours later, apparently the broader collective of Republicans in the House, they |
| 1:30.3 | weren't having it. |
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