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Skullduggery

A Tale of Two Governors

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

4.02K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." With President Trump's recent tweet suggesting to delay the upcoming 2020 Election, the Governors of each State are left facing pressing issues on their own. Both Hogan and Pritzker weigh in on their State's specific situations, challenges, and needs including the coronavirus pandemic, racial protests, and spikes in violence. Also, Pritzker lets us know who he is quietly lobbying Joe Biden about in regards to VP candidates.

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0:00.0

As President Trump tweets about a pseudoscientist who believes in alien DNA and suggests he might

0:07.7

seek to postpone the election, the country's governors are left to grapple on their own,

0:12.7

with the pressing issues of an out-of-control pandemic, racial protests, and spikes in violence

0:18.6

in major cities. We'll talk to two of those governors on the front lines, Larry Hogan,

0:24.0

a Maryland, one of the few outspoken Republican critics of the president, and Democrat

0:28.9

JB Pritzker of Illinois, who has quietly lobbied Joe Biden on who should be his vice-presidential

0:34.7

pick. You'll hear both of them on this episode of Skull Duggery.

0:45.7

Because people have got to know whether or not they're president of the crop, well, I'm not a

0:49.4

crop. I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostage. My heart and my best

0:54.4

intention still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. I did not have

1:01.4

sexual relations with that woman. There will be no lies. We will honor the American people with the

1:09.6

truth and nothing else.

1:11.6

I'm Michael Isgov, Chief of Investigative Correspondent with Yahoo News.

1:20.9

And I'm Dan Clyde, Manager and Chief of Yahoo News.

1:23.4

So, you know, I was going to start out talking about some of Trump's most recent tweets,

1:29.6

the ones about the one about the doctor who posted the online video on Monday, dismissing masks.

1:38.7

This is a woman, Dr. Stella Immanuel, who apparently believes in the existence of alien DNA

1:47.2

and gynecological problems caused by people dreaming about having sex with demons.

1:53.4

But, you know, with Trump, there's always something else that he does that Trumps his previous

2:01.8

outrageous tweet. And today we got one from him about the possibility of postponing the election,

2:12.0

suggesting that the 2020 election will be the most inaccurate and fraudulent in American history.

2:19.6

And just raising the prospect that perhaps it should be postponed, something he actually does not

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