What Next: The Fall of Kevin McCarthy

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🗓️ 4 October 2023

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After an arduous series of votes to get the job, it only took one vote to remove Kevin McCarthy from his position as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Guest: Todd Zwillich, deputy Washington bureau chief, VICE News If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just a heads up, this story is moving fast.
0:03.7	We've got your back, but had to slate.com for the latest.
0:12.9	There's a word that gets thrown around a lot in journalism, at least in the last few
0:17.5	years.
0:18.9	That word is unprecedented.
0:23.1	Most of the time it's hyperbolic.
0:25.8	It's gone on a long time.
0:28.1	It's a solid chance the thing with no precedent has actually happened before.
0:33.4	But on Tuesday, something happened in the house that actually was unprecedented.
0:39.9	On this vote, the Yays are 216.
0:45.2	The Nays are 210.
0:48.2	For the first time in the history of the United States, the house speaker was removed.
0:54.1	The office of Speaker of the House of the United States House of Representatives is here
1:00.2	by Declared Vacon.
1:03.7	Eight House Republicans joined more than 200 Democrats in ousting Kevin McCarthy.
1:10.7	But the Democrats weren't the ones who called for his removal.
1:14.4	That came from roughly a half dozen members of his own party, led by the far right fire
1:20.0	brand, Matt Kicks.
1:22.0	Kevin McCarthy is a feature of the swamp.
1:24.6	He has risen to power by collecting special interest money and redistributing that money
1:29.6	in exchange for favors.
1:31.4	We are breaking the fever.
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