Mid-Day Update： October 4th, 2023
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Summary
Promises Broken and History Made. Kevin McCarthy lost the speakership largely because he did backroom deals with the Marxist Dems and Joe Biden. He s the first speaker in American history to have been voted out of office. And now the race is on to see who replaces him.
Transcript
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I'm Lou Dobbs with this Great America Show midday update for October 4th.
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Promises broken and history made. Kevin McCarthy lost the speakership largely because he did
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backroom and side deals with the Marxist Dems and Joe Biden. He's the first speaker in American
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history to have been voted out of office. And now the race is on to see who replaces him.
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Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio has just announced he's running to be the new speaker,
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the highly respected and well-regarded chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
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is, in my opinion, the most qualified and talented successor to McCarthy.
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And the House Majority Leader, Steve Scalise, is said to be positioning himself
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behind the scenes as well. Whip Tom Emmer has also been mentioned as interested.
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President Trump has said he'd be open to serving as speaker for a short term
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if it would help the Republicans. Newt Gingrich,
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no fan of the rough and tumble of the political arena and the Washington Circus.
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He called the Freedom Caucus and other conservatives in the House traitors. Gingrich,
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furious that his friend was betrayed, but he didn't mention that McCarthy flat out lied to the
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conference and the conservatives, promising regular order that he wouldn't move legislation
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that didn't have a Republican majority. Instead, he moved with Democrat votes and sold out the GOP
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in debt ceiling negotiations with Biden and in the latest continuing resolution to keep government
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open. More fallout. We find out McCarthy had also permitted Nancy Pelosi to have a private office
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in the House. Speaker pro-temporary Patrick McHenry, to his credit, ordered Pelosi moved out of the
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hideaway office by today. Not good optics at all.
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Our guest today is Roger Stone, best-selling author and political strategist, and he has,
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without any question, new ideas about what this new Congress can do. Please join us for that and
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more on The Great America Show today. I'm Lou Dobbs with this Great America Midday Update.