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The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 1154 - Republicans Clash To Find A Worthy Speaker Of The House

The Michael Knowles Show

The Michael Knowles Show

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4.828.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The 118th Congress now under Republican control voted yesterday for the next speaker of

0:36.1

the house and no one won.

0:40.4

Kevin McCarthy was supposed to win. McCarthy has been in house leadership for over a dozen

0:45.2

years. He's actually already started moving his files and furniture into the speaker's

0:50.9

suite, but McCarthy did not get the 218 votes necessary to secure the speakership, which

0:58.4

brought the vote to a second ballot. Now McCarthy still didn't have the votes, brought it to

1:05.1

a third ballot, still didn't have the votes, and then the house adjourned for the night.

1:10.7

The whole episode was somewhat embarrassing, certainly for McCarthy. It was even historic,

1:16.7

it was the first time in 100 years that a speaker election went to multiple ballots. But

1:21.5

the one thing that it was not was surprising. People are acting shocked right now, especially

1:28.4

the establishment Republicans. They are horrified. They are clutching their pearls. I'm not

1:34.1

sure why, because this is the exact same thing that happened last time Republicans had

1:42.0

a chance to elect a speaker back in 2015. It's the exact same thing by the exact same

1:50.5

people to the exact same guy. In 2015, when John Banner stepped down as speaker, Kevin

1:58.2

McCarthy was his presumptive successor until some members of the house freedom caucus refused

2:04.3

to go along with it. And the freedom caucus had enough votes to block him. That election

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