We Need To Talk About Kevin McCarthy
For the first time in US history, a House Speaker has been kicked out.
For the first time in US history, a speaker has been kicked out. A group of Trump-supporting Republicans carried out a coup to remove him from the chair of the House of Representatives.
How did it come about? What does it say about the Republican Party? Put simply, what the hell happens now? Americast is called to order to shed light on the situation in Congress.
And on the theme of political division, Naomi Klein explains her theory behind what鈥檚 making America hard to govern and why not everyone on the left wants to get behind Joe Biden.
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鈥 Victoria Spartz, Ukrainian-born Republican congresswoman
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This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg, with Rufus Gray and Catherine Fusillo. The technical producer was Ben Andrews and the sound designer was David Crackles. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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