meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Ben Ferguson Podcast

Speaker Battle -11 Votes & Counting

The Ben Ferguson Podcast

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.94.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Welcome, it is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson with you. Senator, the House has adjourned

0:07.1

until Friday after an 11th fail vote to come up with a speaker. Deals are being made, they're saying,

0:15.0

or trying to get done behind the scenes. And then there's some people that are deciding to call

0:19.8

people in their own party terrorists.

0:22.1

Representative Dan Crenshaw said this.

0:24.6

In another scalp, in another scalp, whether it's Boehner or Paul Ryan or then McCarthy,

0:30.7

Scalise would just be next and we all know it.

0:32.8

We just can't allow that to happen.

0:34.8

That's why those of us are saying, like, look, you push us into this

0:37.7

corner. So now we're, now we're saying we won't vote for anyone but McCarthy. That's why we're

0:42.0

saying it because we cannot let the terrorists win. That's basically what's happening.

0:47.3

Since you and I talked last time, Senator, I didn't think any of this could actually happen.

0:52.5

I didn't think we'd get to vote 11.

0:54.3

Here we are.

0:55.4

We're going into Friday.

0:57.1

It could be into the weekend.

0:59.2

There are people now claiming that this is an embarrassment.

1:03.5

I'm still not there yet.

1:05.1

I'd love to know what you think.

1:07.0

I think this is just part of the great process.

1:10.0

Yeah, look, my view is settle down. This will

1:13.3

work out and it'll be fine. That kind of overheated rhetoric calling people terrorists is not

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.