293: Trump Is Flooding The Zone
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
Politicon
4.7 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
James and Al ratify Bishop Budde’s call for mercy on those at risk of deportation and discrimination, reflect on Trump’s inauguration, and analyze the state of the Democratic party in the post-Biden era. They discuss the need to resist Republican efforts to flood the zone with distractions, the political propriety of the recent pardons by Biden and Trump, and how to pick winning issues like raising the Federal Minimum wage and emphasizing MAGA’s love affair with the tech oligarchs. Then, they celebrate the recent Commanders’ win in the playoffs and weigh their chances at the Super Bowl title.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Politics World War on with James Carville and I'm Al Hunt. |
| 0:14.6 | Now remember, we love taking your questions. |
| 0:17.4 | So write into Politics Worldroom at gmail.com or send a tweet to at Politicon for next week's show. |
| 0:24.8 | We'll get to as many as we can, but don't forget to tell us where you're from. |
| 0:29.4 | And other exciting news, this is exciting. |
| 0:32.8 | The documentary, Carville, Winning is Everything Stupid, is now streaming on Max. Get updates and some great |
| 0:40.0 | behind-the-scenes content by following James on Twitter at James Carville and on his new TikTok |
| 0:46.3 | at Real James Carville. I wonder, I have to ask James if he thinks that Donald Trump |
| 0:52.1 | brought back TikTok in order to make sure we could see his |
| 0:56.4 | documentary. You can also get text updates about what's next on Politicon and Politics World |
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| 1:25.1 | James, I wish I could say something good about this week. |
| 1:28.8 | Maybe in the course of this show we'll think of something. |
| 1:32.4 | But the Trump inaugural and subsequent actions were dark, depressing, demoralizing, and not surprising. |
| 1:42.1 | Trump dominates Washington. |
| 1:48.1 | I've been in this town for, what, 55 years. |
| 1:55.3 | I stopped counting. And he dominates today like no other president I've seen. And he dominates with a reckless disregard for truth and more importantly for the rule of law. You know, the pitch ahead of his speech was he's going to be more unifying. |
| 2:04.0 | This will be different than it was in 17. |
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