The hosts discuss Speaker Kevin McCarthy's recent ousting and the ethics investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz, which may have influenced McCarthy's decision. They also mention the declaration of the Office of Speaker of the House as vacant and an ad from UC San Diego about their AI solutions.
As House speaker, Kevin McCarthy worked with Democrats to keep the government open. Then Matt Gaetz worked with Democrats to get McCarthy fired. Semafor’s Jordan Weissmann returns to explain an unprecedented moment in American politics.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens and Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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