What's Ahead for Rep. Kevin McCarthy and the Republican Party?
Consider This from NPR
NPR
4.2 • 6.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Associated Press' chief congressional correspondent Lisa Mascaro talks about McCarthy's strategy.
And NPR's Elena Moore reports on what young conservatives want from their party.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
NPR Privacy Policy
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Time is running out for Kevin McCarthy. |
| 0:03.1 | The California Republican is campaigning to become Speaker of the House in the next |
| 0:06.9 | Congress. |
| 0:08.0 | The GOP will have a narrow majority. |
| 0:10.6 | The January 3rd election is fast approaching. |
| 0:14.0 | And McCarthy is still not a slam dunk for the speakership. |
| 0:17.8 | Here he is making his case on conservative outlet Newsmax. |
| 0:26.8 | Back in November, McCarthy easily secured a majority of Republican votes to win the nomination |
| 0:31.7 | for Speaker within his party. |
| 0:33.8 | The question now is whether he can get a majority on the House floor, 218 votes to |
| 0:39.7 | actually become Speaker. |
| 0:41.8 | This is very fragile that we are the only stopgap for this Biden administration. |
| 0:46.8 | And if we don't do this right, the Democrats can take the majority. |
| 0:50.2 | If we play games on the floor, the Democrats can end up picking who the Speaker is. |
| 0:54.4 | The problem, even with former President Donald Trump on his side, McCarthy doesn't have |
| 0:59.4 | the full support of House Republicans. |
| 1:07.0 | That was Representative Matt Gates of Florida speaking to conservative radio host Charlie |
| 1:11.6 | Kirk a day before the House GOP conference voted on the Speaker nomination. |
| 1:16.5 | Gates is one of at least five House Republicans who are still not supporting McCarthy. |
| 1:21.0 | I think there's a real desire to have fresh faces, new leadership, new ideas, and to |
| 1:27.5 | turn a new page so that we can get to the important work that we promise the American people |
| 1:31.8 | we could get to. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.