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passes the torch to this new generation of leadership in her caucus. she s navigated more legislative and political waters probably than anyone has under the glare of intense scrutiny and spotlight, and that will be a valuable resource to the caucus going forward. so audie, what do you think what do you expect from this new era that s about to begin without nancy pelosi as the leader of the democrats in the house of representatives, and what do you anticipate, who is going to lead the democrats? i ll say first of all it s a tough job. what s made nancy pelosi distinct is she has kind of governed over these caucuses through several administrations. you can t say that on the republican side, right? there you re running through a list of hastert or john boehner or paul ryan, all these people who weren t able to keep it together and were ousted. she is someone who has managed to avoid that fate. i don t know necessarily who is the sort of best person. i do sort of think of her as a p
the most beautiful building to her in the world. not just because of how it looks but for what it represents. and then she made a point of noting, audie, our democracy is majestic but fragile. even on the way out she wanted to make sure she listed a few make a few marks, if you will. i mean, that s a significant chapter in her story as speaker. that s not another attack to point to that people survived. i wanted to come back to a point you made, though. think about how many republican speakers have passed the gavel in the time that she s done the job. whether it s newt gingrich or john boehner or paul ryan. hastert. hastert. and she has always been there. and it s to your point of the idea of can you manage the changes in your party, can you figure out how to corral people in the big tent? and right now if you look at that raw score she has been able to accomplish that in a way maybe her republican cohorts have not. and so manu and melanie both talking about the big questions
hatcher was speaker in 221, and 223. we will have a majority, it will be very narrow and kevin will be the speaker. the only person you look at the leadership in washington. he is the only one who gained seat in 20 and 22. he went out and raised $480 million. he campaigned everywhere in the country. and i think there is no practical alternative to mccarthy on the republican side. so i think he will be speaker and as i said, hastert governed successfully with 221 and 223 so it s doable. pete: speaker gingrich, thank you very much. appreciate your time. thank you. pete: get this story, a sign language interpreter for the lion king is fired from dream job, why? because of the color of his skin. the explosive lawsuit rocking broadway coming up next.