#389 "We Need to Talk About Kevin (w/ former Rep. Justin Amash)
The Fifth Column - En podkast av Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
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* Former Rep. Justin Amash was on the floor during the leadership fight??* Brian Lamb question: What does the speaker actually do?* And what do the Gang of Twenty actually want?* Rep. Amash: Kevin McCarthy “isn’t that bright” and “will do whatever it takes to maintain power”* Why the system is broken and how it got that way* Congress is becoming more European * Reminder: Amash created (and named) the Freedom Caucus* Are you really putting yourself forward to be speaker?* The whole system is broken. And all the other speaker options are reflections of this brokenness* The NYT and “ultraconservatives”* The Ukraine objection exception* A qualified defense of the execrable Skip Bayless* Idiots deciding who gets to speak This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.wethefifth.com/subscribe
