The House that Newt Built: The Rise of Matt Gaetz.

Unf*cking The Republic

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Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 7 October 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Max struggles to understand exactly what Matt Gaetz is after, but has his suspicions. Regardless of the right-wing endgame, this week’s fiasco was made possible by Newt Gingrich in the 1990s. Gingrich’s run marked not only the end of civility, but the beginning of a GOP hostile to anything that impedes the complete destruction of the welfare state. We look at how this came to pass and who is the current architect of the GOP meltdown. (Hint: It’s not Matt Gaetz.)

Resources

The New Yorker: The Ringleader

The Intercept: Rep. Josh Gottheimer Headlines No Labels Call While Eyeing Run For Higher Office

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0:00.0	And you have meddled with the primal forces of nature.
0:06.0	And you will atone.
0:13.0	Topical cream, a pod listener's dream,
0:19.0	unfucking the news
0:21.6	and current events
0:24.2	topical cream
0:26.3	yeah you know what I mean
0:29.7	a quarter of an hour
0:32.5	gets you our two cents
0:35.5	topical cream. I'm going to play two clips for you. Then we need to talk.
0:51.4	The first is right-wing rebel Matt Gates's closing argument during the vote
0:55.5	to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. And when it comes to how those raised money, I take no lecture
1:02.1	on asking patriotic Americans to weigh in and contribute to this fight from those who would
1:07.7	grovel and bend knee for the lobbyists and special interests,
1:11.6	who own our leadership, who have, oh, boo all you want, who have hollowed out this town
1:16.6	and have borrowed against the future of our future generations.
1:20.6	I'll be happy to fund my political operation through the work of hardworking Americans
1:25.6	$10 and $20 and $30 at a time,
1:28.4	and you all keep showing up at the lobbyist fundraisers
1:30.7	and see how that goes for you.
1:32.5	And this one is Steve Bannon
1:33.8	on the Bannon's War Room podcast, talking about Gates.
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