Cable News Sent Into Overdrive as Drama in Congress Unfolds
variety.comMichaela Zee Cable news went into overdrive on a peculiar day in Washington, D.C., in which the House voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker and, in one of his first actions as speaker pro tempore, Rep.
Patrick T. McHenry ordered speaker emerita Nancy Pelosi to vacate her private Capitol office. “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” “CNN Tonight” anchor Laura Coates said late Tuesday night of the swirl of events in Congress.
CNN and MSNBC were among the news channels focusing heavily on the events unfolding in Congress on Tuesday, including McCarthy’s decision to not run for speaker again after the House ousted him from the top position by a historic vote of 216-210.
Rep. McHenry, a 10-term Republican from North Carolina who was appointed interim House speaker, ordered Pelosi to “immediately” vacate her private office in the Capitol by Wednesday.
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