Today, we're going to talk about Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy screwing themselves over

with their mangled shutdown attempt, and I interviewed Secretary of Transportation Pete

Buttigieg about Trump visiting a non-union shop during the union auto workers strike,

the GOP's dysfunction that almost led to a government shutdown, and the disaster that

was the Biden impeachment inquiry hearing on Bryan Teller Cohen and you're listening

to No Lie.

So it's looking like we will very narrowly avoid a shutdown.

Because of this recording, the House did manage to pass a 45 day continuing resolution,

which means we'll be right back here again in a month and a half, and then we can watch

all over again as Republicans fail to accomplish even the most basic tasks in government.

But it was the way that this went down that exposed both Kevin McCarthy and Matt Gaetz

as losers here.

So basically, the only way that the government could stay open is if McCarthy offered something

that moderate Republicans could actually stomach, meaning not the deep draconian cuts

that the initial Republican bill included.

But Matt Gaetz came out and said that if McCarthy offered a clean bill without those cuts,

that he would offer a motion to vacate, meaning he would move to oust him as speaker.

Although if the government shut down, that would also fall squarely on McCarthy's shoulders.

So not great, either way, if you're the weakest speaker in history, being led on a short

leash by the worst people to ever work in government.

Now, ultimately, McCarthy had no choice but to bring a clean bill to the floor extending

the government's funding for 45 days.

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