Kevin McCarthy ousted as Speaker of the House

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Ari Melber, MS NOW

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🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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MSNBC’s Katie Phang hosts “The Beat” on Tuesday, October 3, and reports on Kevin McCarthy’s speakership battle and Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial. Plus, Michael Cohen joins. Kurt Bardella, Molly Jong-Fast, Rep Ilhan Omar and Michal Beschloss also join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to All of You To The Beat.
0:02.2	I'm Katie Fang in for R.E. Melber.
0:04.9	So we're tracking that extraordinary breaking news late today.
0:08.7	Republican Kevin McCarthy becoming the first house speaker in United States history to
0:13.4	be expelled from the job.
0:15.8	A renegade band of several Maga lawmakers leading the charge to push them out.
0:20.7	The final vote, 216 to 210.
0:25.4	Republican Republicans, very slim majority in the house, McCarthy could only afford to lose
0:30.1	a handful of GOP votes.
0:32.8	In the end, he lost eight Republicans.
0:36.0	That number, combined with Democrats voting against him, was enough to oust him.
0:41.4	Here's the moment.
0:42.4	The vote was officially tallied.
0:44.2	The first time we've seen a moment like this in the House of Representatives 234 years.
0:53.6	The Yays are 216.
0:56.3	The Nays are 210.
0:59.2	The resolution is adopted without objection.
1:02.2	The motion to reconsider is laid on the table, the office of Speaker of the House.
1:08.3	Of the United States House of Representatives is hereby declared vacant.
1:16.5	That moment, capping a dramatic day of turmoil and chaos among House Republicans.
1:22.6	Justice Kevin McCarthy, just before he walked onto the House floor for the vote, surrounded
1:27.2	by a crush of reporters.
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