Chaos or Conscience? A Republican Explains His Vote to Oust McCarthy.

<p>The ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy a few days ago demonstrated how powerful a small group of hard-right House Republicans have become and how deep their grievances run.</p><p>We speak to one of the eight republicans who brought down Mr. McCarthy: Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee.</p><p>Guest: Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee’s 2nd Congressional District.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>How have the Republicans who ousted Mr. McCarthy<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/29/us/politics/gop-mccarthy-shutdown-holdouts.html?searchResultPosition=1"> antagonized him before</a>?</li><li>Although some names have started to be bandied about, there is<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/us/politics/house-speaker-replacement-mccarthy.html"> no clear replacement candidate</a> for the speaker’s position.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>