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Podcast: What does the House Speaker election say about the Republican Party?

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By The FulcrumJan 24, 2023
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In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Julia and Lee kick off a new year by considering what the House Speaker election says about the Republican Party. What is going on with the GOP? Is the Speaker's race an example of healthy factional fighting? Or is it a sign of Republican disarray? How does the Republican infighting differ from recent debates within the Democratic Party? And what is Lee’s terrible pun? These are some of the questions Julia and Lee ask in this week’s episode.

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In 2018, Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first two Native American women elected to Congress. They are trailblazers from a long lineage of women whose ancestors were original inhabitants of the land that became America.

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It’s almost summertime, and with it comes the bloom of the season. Kids will soon be out of school, and families will be heading off for vacations at the beach, camping in the mountains, or attending major league baseball games.

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