New Speaker Mike Johnson, with NY Times Chief Washington Correspondent, Carl Hulse
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 31 October 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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In this episode, Bill discusses the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, with guest Carl Hulse, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times. Hulse has covered Congress over the course of three decades and is the Dean of Hill correspondents. They discuss Johnson's conservative views, his relationship with Donald Trump, and his religious beliefs. Hulse also speculates on how Johnson will navigate the challenges of leading the House and working with Democrats. They also touch on other topics such as gun control and the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. The episode concludes with a discussion on the recent shooting in Lewiston, Maine and Congressman Jared Golden's change of stance on gun control.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello. Well, we're back with another episode of the Bill Press pod, and we're so glad to have you with us. |
| 0:13.9 | What a change of scene. One week ago, we'd never heard of him. But today, outside of war in the Middle East, he's all you hear about. Of course, I'm talking about. |
| 0:24.2 | The new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson of Louisiana. Well, he may be a new |
| 0:30.5 | face for most of us, but it didn't take us too long to figure out how he got the job. Three |
| 0:36.8 | reasons. One, he's just as conservative, |
| 0:40.2 | maybe more as conservative than Jim Jordan, but not as obnoxious, so he hadn't pissed off |
| 0:46.9 | as many people. Two, Donald Trump likes him. And three, he was willing to take the job. There it is. So now, what do we know about |
| 0:56.6 | this new guy and what can we expect? Can he hold the caucus together? Can he avoid a government |
| 1:01.8 | shutdown? And how long is he likely to keep his job? Who the hell knows? But if anybody does, |
| 1:09.5 | it's today's guest, Carl Hulse, who spent three decades covering the |
| 1:14.1 | Hill and is now Chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times. Hello, Carl, good to talk to you. |
| 1:21.7 | Thanks for joining us today on the Bill Press Pod. Happy to do it. So what a wild week last week. |
| 1:29.2 | Wild month, actually. |
| 1:30.9 | Wild month, exactly. |
| 1:33.3 | And, you know, just to sort of sum up the insignificance of last week, I wouldn't normally |
| 1:39.2 | turn to this source, but I want to play a little clip from a man that you know well. |
| 1:45.3 | Congressman Matt Gates, summing up what happened last week, here he is on the Steve Bannon |
| 1:51.6 | podcast. |
| 1:53.4 | MAGA is ascendant. |
| 1:55.1 | And if you don't think that moving from Kevin McCarthy to MAGA Mike Johnson shows the |
| 2:00.2 | ascendance of this movement |
| 2:01.5 | and where the power in the Republican Party truly lies, then you're not paying attention. |
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