A Master Class in Bad Legislation

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4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Jacob Weisberg and Jamelle Bouie are joined by Vox's Ezra Klein to talk about how Donald Trump screwed himself on healthcare and why he isn't the "deal maker" he makes himself out to be. Trumpcast is brought to you by Texture. Texture lets you stay up to date with your favorite magazines...all in one place. Right now, get a 14-day FREE TRIAL when you sign up by going to Texture.com/trumpcast. Trumpcast is also brought to you by Zeel. Bring the spa to you. Go to Zeel.com or download the Zeel app today. Enter promo code trumpcast at checkout to get 25 dollars off your first in-home, on-demand massage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:30.0	It's not even healthcare point of frankly.
0:31.9	A 64 year old would get a $13,000 increase.
0:36.0	God damn!
0:37.0	What do all people ever do to fall right?
0:44.5	Hello and welcome to Trumpcast.
0:46.8	The show about the man whose second, not a Muslim man, has been blocked by the federal courts.
0:53.0	Donald Trump.
0:54.3	I'm Jacob Weisberg.
0:56.4	I'm here with my slate colleague, Jimel Bowie, in our Washington DC studio with a guest
1:00.8	we both want to talk to.
1:02.8	He's Ezra Klein of Vox.
1:04.5	And he's here to talk to us about the Republicans and healthcare.
1:07.4	Ezra, thanks for joining us today.
1:08.7	Thank you for having me.
1:09.9	Ezra is like the Tu-di-Wonky.
1:13.1	He is like the master of policy.
1:15.5	My teenage daughter thinks he's a rock star.
1:18.2	There's something seriously wrong with her, but she does.
1:20.6	Anyhow Ezra wrote an epic piece this week with his colleague Sarah Cliff called The
1:25.5	Lessons of Obamacare.
1:27.6	It's amazingly good and it leaves you feeling like you actually understand the policy as
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