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Jan. 19, 2023: Meet House Oversight’s new brawlers
Jan. 19, 2023: Meet House Oversight’s new brawlers
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7 minutes
Released:
Jan 19, 2023
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Just days after House Democrats announced impeachment proceedings
against Donald Trump in 2019, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy faced an
unwanted pressure campaign from the president’s closest allies.
McCarthy refused — centrists, he believed, would have more credibility
when they called foul on the Democrats’ impeachment process. Trump
allies, meanwhile, would be dismissed by persuadable voters as knee-jerk
partisans playing to an audience of one.
That strategy has now flown the coop. McCarthy this week rewarded
Trump’s most bombastic allies — including some of the members who
initially opposed him as speaker — with seats on the high-profile House
Oversight Committee, ground zero for the GOP’s investigations of
President Joe Biden.
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against Donald Trump in 2019, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy faced an
unwanted pressure campaign from the president’s closest allies.
McCarthy refused — centrists, he believed, would have more credibility
when they called foul on the Democrats’ impeachment process. Trump
allies, meanwhile, would be dismissed by persuadable voters as knee-jerk
partisans playing to an audience of one.
That strategy has now flown the coop. McCarthy this week rewarded
Trump’s most bombastic allies — including some of the members who
initially opposed him as speaker — with seats on the high-profile House
Oversight Committee, ground zero for the GOP’s investigations of
President Joe Biden.
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Released:
Jan 19, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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