Why It Doesn't Matter Who's Speaker of the House | Everybody's Wrong on H1B (Except for Me, Of Course) | 1/6/25
The A.M. Update
Aaron McIntire
4.9 • 833 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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In this episode, Aaron McIntire discusses the recent election of House Speaker Mike Johnson, the implications of the New Orleans bombing incident, judicial decisions affecting Donald Trump, corporate and academic responses to DEI initiatives, the current state of Canadian politics, and the ongoing debate surrounding H1B visas.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, January 6th, 2025. |
| 0:02.8 | Why, I really don't care who is House Speaker. |
| 0:05.7 | We're learning more disturbing facts about the New Orleans bomber and why everybody is wrong on the H-1B debate, except for me, of course, next on the AM update. |
| 0:38.3 | Well, it's good to be back. Let's get right to it on Friday. House Speaker Mike Johnson retained his seat as Speaker of the House. Then the final tally, Johnson received 218 votes the bare minimum to secure the speakership. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries received 215 votes. Seven Republicans, including Representative Chip Roy of Texas, initially |
| 0:43.7 | skipped out on the election, later changing their vote to Johnson. Three Republicans |
| 0:47.4 | initially voted for other members entirely. Republican Representative Ralph Norman of South |
| 0:51.7 | Carolina voted for Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio. |
| 0:54.7 | Representative Keith Self of Texas voted for Representative Byron Donalds of Florida. |
| 0:58.7 | Those two congressmen eventually changed their votes to Johnson. |
| 1:02.4 | Republican Thomas Massey of Kentucky was the only member in the final tally who voted against Johnson and opting instead for House majority with Tom Emmer. |
| 1:10.8 | Some of those House Freedom Caucus members, like the aforementioned Chip Roy, |
| 1:14.1 | penned a letter after the vote explaining why they changed their vote to Johnson. |
| 1:18.5 | Essentially, in Chip Roy's word and others who signed onto that letter, |
| 1:22.5 | they were afraid that Democrats would try to play games with the certification of Donald |
| 1:26.7 | Trump's election victory, |
| 1:27.9 | and so it was important to make sure that they actually had their House in order for today's |
| 1:33.1 | certification. After the Speaker vote, Tchaim Jeffries, the so-called minority leader, |
| 1:37.6 | who is just basically the de facto House Speaker, had this to say, |
| 1:41.4 | The American Dream Possible. We will fight hard, fight hard for the freedom to vote. |
| 1:45.9 | Yes, you will fart hard for the freedom to vote, House Speaker Hakeem, Jeffries. |
| 1:50.3 | Here's how and why I don't really care who the House Speaker is. |
| 1:54.9 | Congress is absolutely broken. |
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