Political Gabfest - Gabfest Extra: House Speaker John Boehner Will Resign
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🗓️ 25 September 2015
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Emily Bazelon, Jamelle Bouie, and David Plotz discuss the surprise resignation announcement of House Speaker John Boehner. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus. Twitter: @SlateGabfest Facebook: facebook.com/Gabfest Email: gabfest@slate.com Show notes at slate.com/gabfest
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| 1:19.5 | Hello and welcome to a GabFest Extra for September 25th, 2015. I'm David Plotz of Atlas of Secura. I am here in the Slate DC studio with Jamel Bowie, Slate's chief political correspondent. Hello, Jamel. |
| 1:39.8 | Hello, David. John Diggerson is trapped in the Face of the Nation studio where he is preparing probably for his John Boehner interview, his big John Boehner interview, which will be coming up. And joining us by phone from somewhere is Emily Basselon. Hello, Emily. Hey. So it's Friday morning and we taped the Gab Fest yesterday. And then what does John Boehner do? |
| 2:01.2 | He goes and announces or he tells Republican officials that he is going to step down in October as Speaker of the House. |
| 2:09.6 | So Jamel, he apparently made this decision after seeing the Pope, the Pope, the papal visit, sealed the deal for him. |
| 2:17.4 | But what's the sort of basic reason |
| 2:18.8 | that Boehner is giving it up? I don't think we have any exact reason why he's giving it up, |
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