The Real House Speaker of D.C.
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What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana is the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, ending a 22-days of GOP in-fighting since Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. While he managed to earn the support of both “moderate” and far-right Republicans, Johnson has a history of voting against abortion access and LGBTQ rights.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, October 26th. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Priyanka Erbendi. |
| 0:09.2 | And I want you to tell her, and this is what a day. |
| 0:11.6 | On today's show, Donald Trump was hit with another fine of revilating the gag order |
| 0:15.8 | in his civil fraud trial, plus a new survey has found that nearly one in four Americans |
| 0:21.9 | support political violence. |
| 0:24.3 | I know exactly who we're side eyeing and placing a lot of the blame on right now. |
| 0:28.8 | Yep. |
| 0:29.8 | But first, after 22 days of chaos, since giving Kevin McCarthy the boot, Republicans unanimously |
| 0:36.1 | elected Louisiana representative Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, and the final vote was |
| 0:41.0 | 220 to 209. |
| 0:43.2 | Now, while a lot of folks are saying how nice of a guy Johnson is, his voting record and |
| 0:49.2 | legislative agenda say otherwise. |
| 0:52.0 | Here's how minority leader Hackeem Jeffries described him during a conversation with MSNBC |
| 0:56.4 | host Ari Melber. |
| 0:57.4 | Well, Mike Johnson has a very pleasant demeanor, but his voting record is as extreme as the |
| 1:04.8 | most extreme members of their conference. |
| 1:06.9 | Someone who, like Kevin McCarthy, like Steve Scalice, like Jim Jordan, voted to overturn |
| 1:14.2 | the 2020 presidential election. |
| 1:16.9 | Track record of trying to undermine social security and Medicare, probably more so than almost |
| 1:22.9 | any other member of the House Republican conference, wants to criminalize abortion |
| 1:27.3 | care and impose a nationwide ban. |
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