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The Playbook Podcast

April 17, 2018

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

Daily News, Politics, Government, News

4.2614 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2018

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The president's weekend golf partners, where the Congressional Leadership Fund is buying ads and more in today's Audio Briefing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good Tuesday morning, I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing, sponsored by BP.

0:06.5

And I'm Jake Sherman. We've got a playbook scoop this morning. President Donald Trump played golf Sunday with Fox News anchor Brett Baer, Australian ambassador to the U.S., Joe Hockey, and OMB director Mick Mulvaney at Trump National in Virginia.

0:18.6

The original foursome was scheduled to include Chris Liddell, but he dropped out due to work. The White House called Mulvaney at Trump National in Virginia. The original foursome was scheduled to include Chris Liddell,

0:21.9

but he dropped out due to work. The White House called Mulvaney and told him that Trump was on his

0:26.0

way to play. The foursum played nine holes in the wind and rain. Bear lobbied Trump to sit down

0:31.1

with him for his show's special report. It's been 535 days since Bear interviewed candidate Trump.

0:36.6

We've also got a preview this morning. House Republicans have a political meeting today at the Capitol Hill Club.

0:43.2

Speaker Paul Ryan is expected to talk about his fundraising.

0:46.9

Ryan's retirement and political activities will be a main focus of the meeting.

0:51.7

NRCC Chairman Steve Stivers will talk about the need to keep pushing tax reform

0:56.4

and will emphasize that every candidate needs to step up their game during the election season.

1:02.2

Meanwhile, the Congressional Leadership Fund announced $38 million in TV reservations and $10 million in

1:09.8

digital buys for the 2018 election.

1:12.7

Top TV reservations include Minnesota's Open 8th District with $2.6 million,

1:19.4

Texas Republican John Culberson, $2.45 million,

1:23.7

and California Representative Jeff Denham, $2.35 million.

1:28.5

Of course, the NRCC will look at CLF's buy closely and determine the outside group's strategy.

1:35.3

The NRCC and CLF are not permitted to talk about spending.

1:39.2

And look for a new online ad.

1:41.0

The D-Triple C teamed up with comedy writer Ben Wexler, who has written for

1:44.4

funny or die in arrested development, for a new digital ad, Diamond Teeth. It pokes fun at the

1:49.7

Republican tax plan. On the left, Heather Kagle and John Bresdenhan take a look at a big fight

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