Michael Gold
speaker
875 appearances
8 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 6 Jul
Michael Gold’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But that strikes a lot of lawmakers as the incorrect way to handle the situation.
Because if you admit to violating...
A rule that the House passed to hold itself accountable.
A lot of lawmakers argue that you shouldn't get to pick the punishment, that the House should be the ones deciding what happens to you and your decision to end your reelection campaign isn't enough because at this point there are months left in Congress.
You're still in your seat and you broke a rule.
Well, a number of Republicans and Democrats are arguing that he should be expelled for this misconduct.
But Speaker Johnson says, if you all want to pursue discipline, the way to handle this is the way we always handle this.
Let's send this issue to the ethics committee.
They can investigate it.
We'll see what they say and we'll go from there.
That's right.
That's what he's saying publicly.
But I think a lot of people who cover the Hill and a lot of the members of Congress themselves look at this and think there's something else going on here.
And that's politics.
Because at this point, Speaker Mike Johnson is looking at a very narrow majority in the House.
If he wants to pass through major legislation, he can really only afford to lose one or two votes.
And losing Gonzalez would make it even harder for him to push through major agenda items.
And so there are a lot of questions about whether this is a question of due process, and is this about thorough investigation, or is this about politics?
That's an open question, and that's where things remain.
Until the news about Eric Swalwell breaks.
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