Allison Williams | Chaos and a Near-Brawl as McCarthy Humiliates Himself to Win Speaker Vote: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at Republicans in the House finally electing Kevin McCarthy as speaker after McCarthy acquiesced to the demands of extreme members in a stunning and humiliating turn of events that nearly led to a physical brawl on the House floor. Then, Allison Williams talks about her parents' love of being grandparents, Jason Blum dressing up as M3GAN for the film's premiere, experiencing the audience's reactions for the first time, using three different versions of the M3GAN doll for the film M3GAN and the terrifying run that Amie Donald did while playing the doll.
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| 0:00.0 | After spending time with his family in the US Virgin Islands over the holiday, his |
| 0:06.1 | president Biden is reportedly planning to announce he will run for re-election because |
| 0:10.5 | nothing reminds you how much you love your job like some holiday time with the family. |
| 0:21.1 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of late-night |
| 0:25.6 | Seth Mines on the day he shows Seth talks to actor Alison Williams, but first a closer look. |
| 0:39.3 | Well Republicans in the House finally elected a speaker post-mint night early on Saturday |
| 0:43.5 | after Kevin Carthie acquiesce to the demands of the most extreme members of his caucus, |
| 0:47.8 | the same people who tried to overthrow the 2020 election in a stunning and humiliating |
| 0:52.5 | turn of events that nearly led to a physical brawl on the House floor at almost certainly |
| 0:56.6 | portends non-stop chaos for the next two years. |
| 0:59.3 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 1:05.3 | It's a four days in 15 tries, but Republicans were finally able to elect a speaker early |
| 1:10.2 | on Saturday morning just after midnight. |
| 1:12.0 | This is the first time in a century it's taken more than one ballot to elect a speaker, |
| 1:16.6 | nevermind 15, but when it was all said and done, Republicans reacted like they had just |
| 1:20.7 | won the Super Bowl. |
| 1:21.7 | The honorable Kevin McCarthy of the state of California, having received a majority of |
| 1:27.2 | the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the House of Representatives. |
| 1:32.0 | I want to hand I get it, but I also break into applause and I didn't have to spend my |
| 1:45.8 | Saturday with Matt Gaetz. |
| 1:47.3 | Hey, if you need to run errands, I can babysit your daughter. |
| 1:50.7 | My daughter is 21. |
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