Rep. Buck: No Moral Fortitude in Speaker’s Race

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🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In between voting for House speaker, Representative Ken Buck joins Steve and Declan to talk about House politics, GOP reluctance to acknowledge who won the 2020 election, and whether an honest speaker can yet be found. Plus: -Buck’s relationship with GOP colleagues -Scalise not wanting to bring wrath of MAGA base -Jordan and Scalise voted to decertify elections -Why Buck voted for McCarthy in the 15-round melee in January -Will colleagues support reform? (Spoiler: no) Show Notes: -Watch this episode on YouTube -Sarah Isgur: It's Time to Amend the Constitution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.6	Welcome to The Dispatch Podcast.
1:02.9	I'm Steve Hayes, and today I'm joined by Declan Garvey, as we interviewed Congressman
1:08.4	Ken Buck from Colorado.
1:11.0	We talked to Representative Buck about his boat last week to boot Kevin McCarthy as Speaker
1:16.9	of the House.
1:18.2	We talked to him about the goings-on in the House Republican conference, the chaos that
1:23.4	we've seen over the past week, the coming vote for a new Speaker of the House, and generally
1:28.7	about the Republican Party in spending Donald Trump and its future.
1:48.7	Congressman Ken Buck from Colorado, welcome to The Dispatch Podcast.
1:51.6	Thank you, Steve.
1:53.6	We're recording this at 2.30 on Wednesday afternoon.
1:58.3	House Republicans have just completed a vote to decide the conference's nominee to be
2:01.3	Speaker of the House.
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