How Right Wing Media Created The House Speaker Fiasco
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🗓️ 25 October 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the On The Media Midweek podcast, I'm Michael Longer. |
| 0:04.0 | And you can file this one under House Speaker Drama. |
| 0:11.8 | At the time of this recording, |
| 0:13.1 | the saga to elect a new speaker of the house continues. |
| 0:16.6 | Another day, another House Speaker nominee for the GOP. |
| 0:20.1 | Late last night, Republicans voted for Mike Johnson |
| 0:22.4 | of Louisiana to be their new nominee for the job. |
| 0:25.2 | Resources have confirmed NBC News that Congressman Tom |
| 0:28.8 | Emmer has dropped out of the speaker's race just hours |
| 0:32.1 | after being nominated by his House Republican colleagues. |
| 0:35.4 | This is the third time in as many weeks |
| 0:37.6 | that Republicans have nominated a new speaker, |
| 0:40.4 | but so far none have been able to corner enough support |
| 0:42.8 | to win the gabbles. |
| 0:43.8 | This puts Republicans right back at square one. |
| 0:46.8 | There is no nominee. |
| 0:48.2 | We don't know who is next. |
| 0:50.3 | With conflict brewing in the Middle East |
| 0:52.1 | and a government shutdown looming, |
| 0:54.4 | House Republicans left Congress paralyzed |
| 0:57.5 | with their inability to elect a speaker. |
| 1:00.0 | It started early this month |
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