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🗓️ 6 October 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Former Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill joins Axe and Murphy to discuss the physical and metaphorical clusters surrounding President Trump. The Hacks attempt to make sense of Trump’s return to the White House after a brief stay at Walter Reed, unpack the latest polling numbers, and the Senator offers advice for her former colleagues on how Democrats should navigate the impending hearings for Trump’s Supreme Court pick.
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0:00.0 | Hey, Polpa Chair. It's tax on tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy. |
0:16.0 | I just left Walter Reed Medical Center and it's really something very special. The |
0:29.3 | doctors, the nurses, the first responders and I learned so much about coronavirus |
0:35.0 | and one thing that's for certain don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of |
0:42.4 | it. You're going to beat it. We have the best medical equipment. We have the best medicines |
0:47.9 | all developed recently and you're going to beat it. I went, I didn't feel so good. |
0:53.6 | And two days ago, I could have left two days ago. Two days ago, I felt great, like better than |
0:57.6 | I have in a long time. I said just recently, better than 20 years ago. Don't let it dominate. |
1:03.9 | Don't let it take over your lives. Don't let that happen. We have the greatest country in the |
1:08.4 | world. We're going back. We're going back to work. We're going to be out front. As your leader, |
1:13.2 | I had to do that. I knew there's danger to it, but I had to do it. I stood out front. I led |
1:19.9 | nobody that's a leader would not do what I did. And I know there's a risk. There's a danger, |
1:26.0 | but that's okay. And now I'm better and maybe I'm immune. I don't know. But don't let it dominate |
1:32.4 | your lives. Get out there. Be careful. We have the best medicines in the world and they're all |
1:38.1 | happened very shortly and they're all getting approved. And the vaccines are coming momentarily. |
1:44.4 | Thank you very much. And Walter Reed, what a group of people. Thank you very much. |
1:50.0 | You know, these doctors, they said I had to take the motorcade. I could have just put on my |
1:54.7 | cape and flown home. You know, I could have done that. That's who I am. I'm invincible, |
1:59.2 | unbelievable. He's out of his mind. I think he could have flown home, but I think in his own mind |
2:04.3 | because he's betched crazy on steroids. But before we go on to interpret this, we brought in a |
2:13.0 | noted psychologist, former Senator Claire McCaskill, to help us sort through all this clear welcome. |
2:22.0 | Good to see you. Thank you. Good to see both of you. And I don't think you need a psychologist |
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