Should Democrats Save Kevin McCarthy?
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🗓️ 3 October 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Congress avoids a government shutdown after Kevin McCarthy caves to Democrats at the last possible minute—and now Matt Gaetz is trying to strip McCarthy of the speakership as a result. Will Democrats bail McCarthy out? Donald Trump begins his fraud trial with the unique legal strategy of threatening the judge, Joe Biden frames the 2024 election as extremism vs. democracy, and Gavin Newsom appoints Laphonza Butler as California's newest Senator. Later, Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal joins the show to talk about House Democrats' strategy as the Speaker drama unfolds.
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to Podsave America, I'm John Faberum. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm Fire Exit user, John Lovett. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm Tommy V Torch. |
| 0:25.0 | On today's show, Congresswoman Pramila Jaiapal |
| 0:28.0 | joins to talk about whether Democrats will join Matt Geese's plan to house Kevin McCarthy as speaker. |
| 0:33.0 | Donald Trump is in court for his fraud trial, making all kinds of threats. |
| 0:37.0 | Joe Biden is framing the 2024 election as extremism versus democracy, |
| 0:41.0 | and Gavin Newsom appoints LaFonza Butler as California's newest senator. |
| 0:46.0 | But first, Congress has averted a government shutdown for now, |
| 0:50.0 | because Kevin McCarthy caved to Democrats at the last possible minute, |
| 0:54.0 | 126 House Republicans, joining 209 of their Democratic colleagues |
| 0:59.0 | to keep the government funded at current spending levels for the next 45 days. |
| 1:04.0 | Donald Trump and most Republicans had been demanding huge cuts to everything from health care to education, |
| 1:09.0 | more immigration restrictions and all kinds of other crazy stuff. |
| 1:13.0 | They got none of that, though they were able to keep additional funding for Ukraine out of the deal, |
| 1:17.0 | at least for now. |
| 1:18.0 | President Biden said he's confident that Ukraine aid will pass |
| 1:21.0 | and told Republicans to pass the full budget deal they agreed to last summer. |
| 1:26.0 | Stop playing games. Get this done. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm sick and tired of the brinksmanship. |
| 1:33.0 | And so are the American people. |
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