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Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

146: The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America with Ira Shapiro

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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News Commentary, Politics, Government, News, National

4.73.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

James and Al break down the results of this week’s primary elections and are joined by author and congressional expert Ira Shapiro. In their conversation, they discuss how Mitch McConnell has contributed to the destruction of the Senate as an institution, its value as a check on executive power, and the need to unify against obstruction and to defend our values.

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Transcript

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0:19.4

Hello and welcome to Politics World War with James Carville,

0:33.9

and I'm Al Hunt.

0:35.3

This week our guest is author, trade law specialist,

0:38.4

and senior advisor with the all-bright stone bridge group,

0:41.5

and the author of a new book on the Senate betrayal,

0:44.2

how Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans abandoned America,

0:47.6

and his Irish appereau, his third book on the Senate.

0:50.9

Remember, we love taking your questions,

0:53.1

so right into politicsworldroom at gmail.com,

0:56.1

or send a tweet to AppLitticon for next week's show.

0:59.0

Now we'll get to as many as we can,

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but don't forget to tell us where you're from.

1:02.2

And please check out the links to this week's sponsors,

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Blinkist and Magic Spoon, in the show notes.

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