Dana Milbank: Even Kevin McCarthy Doesn't Trust Kevin McCarthy

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The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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If he can round up the support to be speaker, McCarthy is still going to have to fend off Trump trying to muck things up from Mar-a-Lago, as well members of his caucus threatening repeated no-confidence votes. Dana Milbank joins Charlie Sykes to preview the madness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because
0:05.4	I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a 5th but I think it's just the holiday period.
0:09.9	It's just for me it's the most romantic period and I think anyone who's listened to my
0:15.5	records will know that I'm quite a big fan of romance.
0:18.8	Join in every sip with Red Cops Now Back at Starbucks.
0:33.6	Welcome to the Bullwark Podcast.
0:35.0	I'm Charlie Sykes.
0:36.2	It is Thursday and basically it's like, you know, choose your adventure.
0:41.9	Which crazy you want to talk about?
0:43.5	I devoted my newsletter today to the crazy down in Arizona.
0:47.1	I made the judgment call not to inflict all of these sound bites on listeners of this
0:51.9	podcast but you can read shortish transcripts in morning shots where I, yes, I did describe
0:59.4	Kerry Lake as a groomer, a groomer of crazy.
1:03.6	Why should they have the name?
1:05.3	Especially when you have this metastasizing lunacy going on down in Arizona.
1:11.8	But today let's focus on some other strange stories that are happening up on Capitol Hill
1:16.4	and we are joined by Dana Milbank, a nationally syndicated op-ed columnist for the Washington
1:22.0	Post who is speaking to us from the nation's capital right now.
1:27.0	So good morning, Dana.
1:28.0	Good morning.
1:29.0	I'd like you to refer to me as a groomer of crazy.
1:32.5	A groomer of crazy.
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