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The Michael Steele Podcast

The Speakership of Kevin McCarthy: With Rick Ungar

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Michael Steele speaks with Rick Ungar, former co-host of SiriusXM's Steele & Ungar, about the speakership of Kevin McCarthy, why the hell it took 15 ballots to get there, and the impact this Congress is going to have on the 2024 Presidential election.

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0:00.0

Well, it's been 10 days and a whole hell a lot has happened.

0:07.0

And who better to help us break it down and understand it than the former host of the

0:10.8

nationally syndicated radio show, the Rick Ungers show as well as series XM's Steel and

0:17.0

Unger, my old partner from back in the day.

0:20.2

He's a progressive and a conservative friend.

0:24.2

He's been noted in radio and television as someone who's willing to mix it up with

0:29.6

anyone with an opposing political point of view.

0:32.6

We've had our chance to dance.

0:34.0

We're going to dance together one more again as we get into the speakership of Kevin McCarthy,

0:40.6

Wada Heller took 15 ballots to get there.

0:43.7

And the impact this Congress is going to have on 2024.

0:49.1

All that and a whole lot more coming up next with my friend Rick Unger.

1:01.8

Well everybody, after five days and 15 ballots, Kevin McCarthy is now speaker of the house.

1:09.9

After more hype and coverage than was absolutely necessary.

1:15.3

And only one Republican to center, the famed house rules have been passed.

1:25.0

And it's interesting because suddenly after the fact they found out that there was, dare

1:34.0

I say it, a secret, a dendum that contained concessions, more concessions that Kevin McCarthy

1:44.2

had committed to in order to lock in his speakership.

1:49.8

There's no one better right now in this moment to unpack all of this than my good friend,

1:55.7

Rick Unger.

1:57.6

You know him, you love him.

1:59.2

You followed him.

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