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Hacks On Tap

Ain't No Abe Lincoln (with Alex Wagner)

Hacks On Tap

David Axelrod & Mike Murphy

Politics, Government, News, News Commentary

4.78K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The Hacks are joined this week by Alex Wagner, host of Crooked Media’s new podcast “Six Feet Apart” and co-host of Showtime’s The Circus. We talk Trump’s pivot from running on the economy to running from the economy, and the wild comparison he made between himself and President Lincoln. The Hacks also discuss Axe & David Plouffe’s New York Times op-ed in which they give advice to Team Biden, developments in the Tara Reade sexual assault allegations, and the state of play in competitive Senate races. Axe, Murphy, and Wagner sift through the mail bag and answer listeners’ questions on the potential impact of Justin Amash’s third-party bid, a possible drawback in selecting a sitting governor as Biden’s VP, and what kind of role Trump might play in the Republican Party after his presidency comes to an end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, pull up a chair. It's tax on tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy.

0:16.0

I am greeted with a hostile press, the likes of which no president has ever seen.

0:29.0

The closest would be that gentleman right up there. They always said Lincoln nobody had

0:34.0

got treated worse than Lincoln. I believe I am treated worse. You there, you see those press conferences.

0:40.0

They come at me with questions that are disgraceful, to be honest, disgraceful,

0:45.0

their manner of presentation and their words. And I feel that if I was kind to them,

0:51.0

I'd be walked off the stage.

0:55.0

Well, we're here today on a very somber edition of Haxon Tap as a grateful nation mourns the suffering

1:02.0

that our great president Trump suffers can only to the great Abe Lincoln.

1:07.0

So I know I know we all join him in those feelings, actually, for one, I'm heartbroken at the heart.

1:13.0

I hear the meat loaf was cold the other day in the White House too. So the president's suffering it never ends.

1:18.0

My favorite Twitter tweet on this came from the journalist Thor Benson who heard that and he sent out a tweet saying,

1:29.0

Lincoln, because he's right at the foot of the statue. There's a Lincoln then stood up and yelled,

1:34.0

I got shot in the fucking head.

1:37.0

It kind of put everything in perspective there.

1:40.0

Yes.

1:41.0

Let us bring in. We have had two of the lead players in the circus from Showtime.

1:50.0

And now, you know, you have to have three rings for a circus.

1:54.0

And so we had to get Alex Wagner, our old buddy, to come and join us today.

2:00.0

And now not only are you doing that and hanging out with those characters,

2:06.0

but you're also doing a great new podcast on crooked media called six feet apart.

2:12.0

So tell us about that and welcome.

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