Brian Cox | Republicans Want to Make Trump Speaker of the House if They Win in 2022: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at a growing number of Republicans, including Congressman Matt Gaetz, pushing to make Donald Trump Speaker of the House if they retake power in 2022, while focusing on big issues like Hot Pocket prices and cream cheese shortages.
Then, Brian Cox talks about the depth of his character on Succession, how he approaches each of his roles and working with Jeremy Strong's different acting methods.
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| 0:21.4 | The White House is reportedly lobbying news organizations to give President Biden more |
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| 0:31.0 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late |
| 0:40.2 | Night with Seth Myers. |
| 0:42.0 | On today's show, Seth Chatswood actor Brian Cox from HBO's Succession. |
| 0:45.8 | But first, a closer look. |
| 0:48.7 | A growing number of Republicans including Congressman Matt Gaetz are pushing to make Donald Trump's |
| 0:59.4 | speaker the house if they retake power in 2022. |
| 1:02.3 | But aside from that, their laser focused on the big issues facing Americans, hot pocket |
| 1:07.0 | prices, and cream cheese shortages. |
| 1:08.9 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 1:13.8 | Because the Republican Party remains in the grip of an authoritarian cult led by goons, |
| 1:19.8 | grifters, and no key shaped weirdos who are intent on staging a slow motion, coup to |
| 1:24.7 | dismantle democracy, there is no serious conservative movement in this country. |
| 1:28.8 | This has been a closer look. |
| 1:30.8 | Stop! |
| 1:31.4 | I forgot to do examples. |
| 1:35.6 | I thought that was shorter than usual. |
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