11: Trump Plays the War Card and Michael Gartner on the Iowa Caucuses
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
Politicon
4.6 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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James Carville and Al Hunt discuss the President's smokescreen assassination of Iranian General Soleimani to distract from impeachment and the indictment of Bibi Netanyahu leading up to the Israeli election. Pulitzer prize-winning editor Michael Gartner, who worked with Al at The Wall Street Journal before running NBC News putting Tim Russert on the air, shares the nuance - both dysfunction and charm - of the Iowa Caucuses.
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| 0:36.0 | Welcome to the War Room. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Al Hunt, along with the legendary. |
| 0:40.0 | I mean legendary. |
| 0:42.0 | Campaign manager and strategist James Carville. |
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