Post Game with Stephen Hayes: Can Speaker Mike Johnson unite a fractured GOP?

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🗓️ 29 October 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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The House of Representatives, without a leader for more than 20 days, finally elected a speaker in Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.). Stephen Hayes, CEO and editor of The Dispatch, joins Kristen Welker to detail the challenges facing the newly minted speaker, from avoiding a shutdown, to passing aid to Israel and Ukraine, and even corralling an increasingly unruly conference.

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0:00.0	Hello there, everyone.
0:04.2	I'm Kristen Welker.
0:05.2	I just stepped off the meet the press set where I interviewed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis,
0:10.1	a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Chairwoman
0:15.7	of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
0:21.0	We had a whirlwind of news to cover this week.
0:23.6	Israel expanded its ground operation in Gaza that announcement on Saturday.
0:29.0	The House of Representatives finally elected a speaker in Congressman Mike Johnson.
0:34.3	And of course, the community in Lewiston, Maine, is still reeling after a gunman found
0:39.2	dead on Friday night, left 18 people dead and wounded 13, a rampage that marked the deadliest
0:46.1	mass shooting in the U.S. this year.
0:49.6	And with all these crises at the same time, you'd be forgiven for not picking up on two
0:54.1	key political moments late in the week, Democratic Congressman Dean Phillips made official
0:59.5	his primary challenge of President Biden, and former Vice President Mike Pence formally
1:04.8	dropped out of the race to be the Republican Party's presidential nominee in 2024.
1:09.9	We have a lot to unpack, so let's get to it.
1:12.3	I'm sitting here with Stephen Hayes, CEO and editor of The Dispatch.
1:16.6	She was a part of our panel today.
1:18.6	Welcome to Postgame.
1:19.6	Thanks for staying great to be with you.
1:21.8	It is great to have you back.
1:23.8	So let's talk about the first big story where we began the show this week, which is basically
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