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Let's talk about why the McCarthy show is happening....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Let's talk about why the McCarthy show is happening....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, Internet People, Lidsboo again.

0:03.0

So today we're going to talk a little bit more about that show going on up on Capitol Hill.

0:10.0

We're going to answer a couple of questions that have coming in and we're going to provide

0:16.9

some much needed context because people are believing, framing, and don't do that because that's not really what it's about.

0:27.0

So first the most common question came from people overseas. How long is this going to go on? As long as

0:35.8

it needs to. This will go on until somebody reaches that magic number. It could go on a really, really long time that could be resolved tomorrow, but it goes

0:47.2

on as long as it needs to.

0:48.9

And while this is going on, the United States does not have a functioning House of Representatives.

0:55.0

Now, one of the things that people are kind of accepting is the framing that is being provided to them by the

1:07.0

extremist Republicans about why they're doing it. That's not really being questioned very much and it should be. There are

1:16.0

some people who are bringing it up but it's not getting the airplay that it should

1:20.2

because this is not an ideological thing. This is not about policy. It's about

1:26.6

power. A good example, one of their prominent talking points is that McCarthy didn't deliver the

1:37.4

red wave, therefore he's bad leadership so he needs to go.

1:43.0

Right, sure.

1:44.7

And then one of them sat there and voted for Trump

1:48.0

to be Speaker of the House.

1:50.0

The person that has basically led the Republican Party to loss after loss after loss.

1:57.7

It's not about that.

1:59.8

It's not about that.

2:00.9

Don't buy the framing. Think about it like this. Why would the

2:07.3

deal that I suggested, why would that work when it comes to McCarthy? You know

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