287: The American People Deserve A Raise with Rep. Ro Khanna
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
Politicon
4.7 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
James and Al update us on Trump’s cabinet appointments, decry the nepotism in Trump world, cover the fall of Assad in Syria, and look at the motivations of the UHC CEO shooter. Then, they welcome Rep. Ro Khanna to weigh the pitfalls and potential of Elon’s DOGE, looking at the dangers it poses to social programs and how Democrats can use it as an opportunity to protect essential services while making the government more efficient. They also call upon the party to take back the mantle of economic populism by championing 70-30 issues like raising the minimum wage, getting money out of politics, and taxing the rich.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carville, and I'm Al Hunt. |
| 0:15.2 | Our guest is the Silicon Valley Congressman Democrat Rokana. |
| 0:19.7 | Now remember, we love taking your questions. |
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| 0:32.4 | In other exciting news, the documentary Carville winning is everything stupid is now streaming on Max. |
| 0:39.1 | Get updates and some great behind-the-scenes content by following James on Twitter |
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| 1:19.5 | James, this is hard to say, but the Trump cabinet choices, with only an exception or two, |
| 1:27.0 | may be even worse than anticipated. |
| 1:30.5 | And there's a big question now is to whether four demonstrably unqualified ones will make it. |
| 1:37.1 | Pete Hegseth for defense, in addition to his drinking and sexual assault issues, |
| 1:43.0 | the Fox TV anchor would be in totally over his head. |
| 1:46.2 | Former associates say he couldn't even run a $10 million nonprofit. So what do they want to do? |
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