[Ads-l] "transpire" = 'do'

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Looks like a speech error for transacted.

Gerald Cohen

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>From a Times report this morning on the unfolding speakership battle:


Speaker Kevin McCarthy said after the House G.O.P. meeting that he plans
to rip the Band-aid off and bring the motion to vacate this afternoon. =
=E2=80=9CMatt has planned this all along. It didn=E2=80=99t matter what
we transpired,=E2=80=9D McCarthy said to reporters.

--Reporter Kayla Guo, at

https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Flive%2F2023%2F10%2F03%2Fus%2Fmccarthy-gaetz-speaker-news&data=05%7C01%7Cgcohen%40MST.EDU%7C64b14afbdc424ee6640208dbc423e6f1%7Ce3fefdbef7e9401ba51a355e01b05a89%7C0%7C0%7C638319430714811451%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UszsbFJlOSlkaXEiHBKE5luOhzCA7Gy2mFQ3awUGSjo%3D&reserved=0<https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/03/us/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-news>

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