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On Point | Podcast

'I voted my district': Jack Beatty on who the McCarthy ousters represent

On Point | Podcast

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.23.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty tells us what stands to him out about the districts of the eight representatives who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.

Also, listeners respond to last week’s episode about ‘The line’ -- the feeling many working-class Americans have about being left behind.

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Now, usually we ask Jack to give us his analysis of something in the news that's not

0:58.7

getting enough attention or enough insight, but this week there really is only one thing

1:05.3

to talk about. Oh, by the way, I'm Magna Chakrabarti, but you're not here to hear me,

1:10.3

you're here to listen to Jack. So Jack, when Kevin McCarthy was voted out as House Speaker

1:16.9

on Wednesday, something until that day had never happened in all of US history. You remember

1:24.0

Jack, I emailed you immediately and wrote my message that this all seems so bizarre.

1:29.7

Right now, I need to hear your analysis on this more than anything. So Jack, thank you

1:34.2

very much for obliging me. Well, I was, I was flattered to be invited.

1:39.6

You're the main guest, not just an inviteee, but Jack, so tell me, what do we need to know

1:46.4

in order to really understand what happened on Wednesday?

1:51.6

Well, Magna, I want to focus first on something Congressman Tim Berchett said, and here it is.

1:58.8

I represent my district, and I'm voting the way my district would like me to do.

2:03.1

I'm also part of the body. I'm also part of the body, but when it's all over with Lyndon

2:07.9

Johnson, say, if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog, I have free of them. They're all at home.

2:12.1

Okay. So other than his very witty quip there following LBJ, I should also note that that was

2:18.9

from CNN. What was it about what Berchett said, Jack, he's a Republican from Tennessee second

2:25.6

district that really caught your attention? Well, he was one of the eight, of course, the eight

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