Speaker McCarthy. But at What Cost?

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Representative Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become speaker of the House turned into a rolling disaster last week, played out over five long days and 15 rounds of voting.

Today, the inside story of how it went so wrong — and what he was forced to give up in order to finally win.

Guest: Catie Edmondson (https://www.nytimes.com/by/catie-edmondson?smid=pc-thedaily), a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:


Mr. McCarthy’s slog to the speakership ended with a remarkably public show of intraparty strife (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/us/politics/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-gaetz-trump.html?smid=pc-thedaily) during a history-making overnight session.
The speaker’s concessions have given the rebels on the right flank of his party more tools to sow disarray (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/us/politics/mccarthy-speaker-rules-house.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
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