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Chaos or Conscience? A Republican Explains His Vote to Oust McCarthy.

Chaos or Conscience? A Republican Explains His Vote to Oust McCarthy.

FromThe Daily


Chaos or Conscience? A Republican Explains His Vote to Oust McCarthy.

FromThe Daily

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Oct 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy a few days ago demonstrated how powerful a small group of hard-right House Republicans have become and how deep their grievances run.We speak to one of the eight republicans who brought down Mr. McCarthy: Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee.Guest: Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District.Background reading: How have the Republicans who ousted Mr. McCarthy antagonized him before?Although some names have started to be bandied about, there is no clear replacement candidate for the speaker’s position.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
Released:
Oct 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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