Republican Chaos: Who Benefits

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Well, that was quite a day for House Republicans, losing two votes in 15 minutes the chamber's leaders didn't seem to know they were going to lose. What does this portend? Will this help Biden—or will the image of a dysfunctional Washington help Trump? And how about that trip to the Middle East with Secretary of State Blinken getting his hat handed to him by Saudi Arabia? Give a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0	Hope for the best expect the worst.
0:52.0	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast.
0:57.0	Today is Wednesday, February 7th, 2024.
1:00.0	I'm John Podhorst, the editor of Commentary magazine with me as always
1:03.7	executive editor Abe Greenwald. Hi Abe, Abe, Abe, Abe. Hi,
1:07.1	John. Washington Commentary columnist Matthew Cottonetti, hi Matt. Hi John.
1:11.4	And senior editor Seth Mandel, hi Seth.
1:14.8	Hi, John.
1:15.8	So yesterday was a low water moment in the history of the Republican majority in the US Congress as far as I can tell.
1:27.0	In a moment of just incompetence, I mean we could talk about the policy stuff but something
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