McCarthy Voted Off Lunatic Island
The John Fugelsang Podcast
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
John's monologue today focuses on the House voting to remove California Republican Kevin McCarthy from his position as speaker. Then, he interviews New Jersey democratic Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman and she tells why she voted to oust Kevin McCarthy and how she believes Republican policies do not support Ukraine. Next, he chats with New York Times bestselling author and Mother Jones Washington bureau chief David Corn about his book " American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy". Then, finally he talks with contributing writer to Salon - Heather “Digby” Parton about Republicans, Kevin McCarthy, and Trump.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the John Fugel-Sang Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | This is the John Fugel-Sang Podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | This is the Second Progress. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm John Fugel-Sang. Welcome to Channel 127. So glad to be with you here. |
| 0:17.0 | And it's only Tuesday. For the next three hours, we're taking your calls. |
| 0:20.0 | It's been a bit of an eventful day. We're at 866 997 4748. Thank you public enemy for being an excellent lead in 866 |
| 0:30.6 | 997 grit That's our number Chris Howselt is our heroic executive producer |
| 0:36.8 | running this thing from South Carolina Thea Harper produces us from |
| 0:40.0 | Brooklyn. I come to you from Manhattan and tonight we have a packed show with some |
| 0:44.0 | great guests for a day of history. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman from the |
| 0:48.3 | state of New Jersey will be here to talk about her vote to oust Kevin McCarthy and she'll also talk about how |
| 0:54.9 | her party just saved the government from shutting down. The great David Corn of |
| 0:58.8 | Mother Jones will be here to discuss how Kevin McCarthy got to this exact moment and why he deserves everything as deeply as he does. |
| 1:05.7 | Heather Digby Parton will join us in the third hour. |
| 1:09.1 | Well, to talk all about this Republican Michigan, Michigan, as well as some headlines that didn't make the news today. |
| 1:15.5 | We've had some technical difficulties over here but I think we're all set up. |
| 1:19.1 | Things are looking good. |
| 1:20.3 | So let's get right to it. |
| 1:22.3 | For the first time in US history, a Speaker of the House has been fired. |
| 1:26.0 | The good news? |
| 1:27.0 | It's not going to slow down the Republican legislative progress in any way. |
| 1:31.0 | On January 6th of 2021, Kevin McCarthy, late in the evening, voted to try to prevent |
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