Extreme Wing Of House Republican Party Worries Rest Of Caucus Before Midterms

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🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is feeling hopeful about the midterms: President Biden's approval numbers are low and inflation is at least temporarily high. But some Republican representatives are worried their peers are too focused on Trump-style bomb-throwing and jeers to stick to a uniform, policy-focused campaign message.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Tamra Keith, and it's that time of year again when we come to you and ask for a
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0:45.4	slash politics to get started. And thank you. Hi, this is Santiago. Just starting my cross-country
0:52.4	road trip currently leaving Lynchburg, Virginia. And now I'm in Atlanta, Tupelo, Memphis, Oklahoma City,
0:59.3	Towson, New Mexico, the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, and finally San Francisco. This podcast was recorded at
1:08.1	237 pm on Wednesday, the 15th of December. Things may have changed by the time you hear it,
1:14.9	and they've definitely changed since the time I started this road trip. All right, here's the show.
1:23.9	I love road trips. I hope you stopped at some of my favorite places. I used to do that trip every
1:28.9	year with my family all the way across country. Wow, amazing. Hey there, it's the NPR politics
1:34.9	podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House. I'm Kelsey Snell, I cover Congress. And I'm
1:39.6	dear, Dervaus, I also cover Congress. We have talked a lot about internal disagreements among Democrats
1:45.6	as they work to pass their legislative agenda, President Biden's legislative agenda. But Republicans
1:51.9	are actually in a strong position to win back control of the House of Representatives in 2022.
1:58.2	For a number of reasons, Biden's approvals are under water and midterms are historically speaking
2:03.5	bad for the party in the White House, not to mention that the Democratic majorities are super thin
2:09.2	and redistricting is tilting the ground in favor of Republicans in many states. But there's trouble
2:15.7	in the GOP. In recent weeks, some in the right wing of the party have openly attacked their
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