Episode 5: The Revolution Arrives

The Revolution with Steve Kornacki

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🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

After 15 years in the House, Newt Gingrich’s grand plan succeeds. The GOP sweeps the midterm elections, Democrats are in shock, and Newt becomes Speaker.

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0:00.0	Well, good morning, everyone.
0:10.6	When we left off in the last episode, it was October of 1993.
0:15.2	A big crowd of Republicans was gathered at the backside of the U.S. Capitol, a show of
0:19.8	strength by Newt Gingrich, demonstrating that he had the votes to become the party's
0:24.5	next house leader.
0:26.2	Now?
0:27.2	It's just about a year later.
0:29.2	September of 1994, and the Republicans are at the front door.
0:33.9	Some say, why ask Republicans to stand on the Capitol's steps since Washington is so
0:39.0	unpopular these days?
0:40.8	Namely, Bob Michael is still the boss, but he's retiring after the 1994 election, and he's
0:46.0	warming up the crowd.
0:48.0	Republicans are not here to bring the values of Washington to the rest of the country if
0:52.8	the Democrats have for years.
0:55.1	Republicans are here to bring values of the rest of the country here to Washington.
1:00.8	The main event today is the unveiling of something called the Contract with America, and it's
1:06.6	not Bob Michael's brainchild.
1:08.8	This is Newt's grand plan for the midterm election, which is just six weeks away.
1:14.0	The contract is a list of agenda items that these Republicans are promising to bring up
1:18.4	for a vote in the house in the first hundred days of the new Congress if voters give them
1:24.5	a majority.
1:25.5	For Newt Gingrich and all of these Republicans, the political climate is looking very promising.
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