John Fetterman and Symone Sanders-Townsend on House Chaos (Live from DC!)
Senator John Fetterman, Virginia State Senate candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy, and chef José Andrés join Jon, Jon, Tommy, Dan, and guest host Symone Sanders-Townsend live in Washington, DC! Chaos reigns in the House of Representatives as Jim Jordan tries (and fails) to become Speaker. President Biden gives an Oval Office address on democracy and the importance of supporting Israel and Ukraine. And as the rest of the GOP primary candidates flounder, Donald Trump bounces between the courtroom and the golf course. Senator Fetterman gets real about mental health, Andrés ranks Tik Tok food fads, and, Jon, and Tommy announce their new book, coming in June. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.DEMOCRACY OR ELSE: HOW TO SAVE AMERICA IN 10 EASY STEPS is coming June 4, 2024. Pre-order now at crooked.com/books or wherever books are sold.
- Duration
- 1h 40m
- Broadcast on
- 20 Oct 2023
- Audio Format
- other
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[ Music ] >> Welcome to Pod Save America, I'm John Favreau. [ Cheering ] >> I'm Simone Sanders Townsend. [ Cheering ] >> I'm John Lovett. [ Cheering ] >> I'm Tommy B. Sore. [ Cheering ] >> I'm Dan Pfeiffer. [ Cheering ] >> We have an outstanding show for you tonight. John Federman is here. [ Cheering ] Virginia State Senate candidate Jennifer Carol Foy is here. [ Cheering ] Chef Jose Andres is here. [ Cheering ] >> And we are so lucky to be joined by our old friend, part of the crooked family and now the host of Simone on MSNBC, Simone Sanders Townsend. [ Cheering ] >> All right. Would anyone here like to be Speaker of the House? [ Laughter ] It's a competitive pay, great benefits. Second in line to the presidency. The House of Representatives has now been without a speaker for 16 days. First Republicans took down Kevin McCarthy, then they voted down Steve Scalise, and now they have twice denied the gavel to a guy who never really liked elections in the first place. [ Laughter ] Jim Jordan. So they almost decided to give the job to Interim Speaker Patrick McHenry, at least until January. But when Republicans realized that would require them to do some truly crazy shit, like work with Democrats, hold votes, govern, they ditched that plan. And then they started screaming and swearing at each other in a closed-door meeting today. Some Republicans complained about the death threats they were getting because they voted against Jordan. Some of them were waving around their pocket constitutions, apparently. [ Laughter ] One guy left to go pray the rosary. And then one guy looked like he was about to kick Matt Gaetz's ass. [ Cheering ] I mean, sounds like a great workplace culture. I wish I was there.
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Senator John Fetterman, Virginia State Senate candidate Jennifer Carroll Foy, and chef José Andrés join Jon, Jon, Tommy, Dan, and guest host Symone Sanders-Townsend live in Washington, DC! Chaos reigns in the House of Representatives as Jim Jordan tries (and fails) to become Speaker. President Biden gives an Oval Office address on democracy and the importance of supporting Israel and Ukraine. And as the rest of the GOP primary candidates flounder, Donald Trump bounces between the courtroom and the golf course. Senator Fetterman gets real about mental health, Andrés ranks Tik Tok food fads, and, Jon, and Tommy announce their new book, coming in June. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.DEMOCRACY OR ELSE: HOW TO SAVE AMERICA IN 10 EASY STEPS is coming June 4, 2024. Pre-order now at crooked.com/books or wherever books are sold.