The never-ending GOP fight over the next House Speaker

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Joy Reid leads this episode of The ReidOut with the never-ending Republican fight over the next House Speaker. In the face of a united front from Democrats, the Republican lack of unity was on full display on the House Floor between each of Wednesday's three rounds of voting. Meanwhile, in a sign that the frustration among Republicans is boiling over, Colorado Rep. Ken Buck said McCarthy needs to strike a deal or step aside. Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colorado) joins Joy to discuss. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Tonight on The Readout, a speaker has not been elected.
0:09.6	A speaker has not been elected.
0:12.0	A speaker has not been elected.
0:14.9	A speaker has not been elected.
0:17.9	A speaker has not been elected.
0:20.5	A speaker has not been elected.
0:22.7	I.S. the circus is still in town and the group of 20 serial insurrectionists, opposing
0:28.2	Kevin McCarthy.
0:29.2	They are right about one thing.
0:31.5	This man has no business being speaker of the house.
0:33.8	If he can't navigate his way through the basic vote to get the job, he is not remotely
0:38.5	capable of leading, especially a radical caucus filled with this iteration of Republicans.
0:44.4	And we do begin tonight with the never ending Republican fight over the next hour, the
0:49.6	never ending Republican fight for speaker.
0:52.6	Over the next hour, Kevin McCarthy should be wise to learn this one lesson because he's
0:58.1	going to be facing this hell over the next hour.
1:01.1	Any tolerance of insurrection just breeds more insurrection.
1:04.0	Second thing he needs to learn.
1:06.0	The least surprising thing on earth is that people who do not believe that the majority
1:11.1	of voters should decide an election will also not agree that 90% of their house caucus should
1:15.9	decide who the speaker is.
1:17.8	In the next hour, as I mentioned, the House will return to try to get done what they could
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