August 04, 2021: Reports of Trump’s demise are exaggerated

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🗓️ 4 August 2021

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Mike Carey might have been on the ballot, but in the Buckeye State on Tuesday night Donald Trump was just as much the winner. The former president’s candidate prevailed in a 10-way primary to replace former Rep. Steve Stivers, showing that the “Trump influence waning” narrative last week was premature. For the second time in recent weeks, progressives came up short. Our Ally Mutnick, reporting on the ground in Bedford Heights, Ohio: “The Democratic establishment dealt a crushing blow to the progressive movement Tuesday, with Shontel Brown, the preferred candidate of party stalwarts, triumphing over Nina Turner, a face of the insurgent left, in a special congressional primary election.” And, New York Democrats are gearing up to impeach Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo — and soon — after he refused to step down in the wake of state A.G. Tish James’ Tuesday report that he sexually harassed 11 women. We break down what it will look like. Raghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by Facebook.
0:02.0	Hey, good morning, Playbookers.
0:04.0	It's Wednesday, August 4th.
0:06.0	I'm Rogumona-Vollin, and this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.
0:10.0	Your postgame report from yesterday's two special elections in Ohio,
0:17.0	Mike Carey might have been the one on the ballot, but former President Donald Trump was just as much the winner.
0:23.7	The former president's candidate prevailed, showing that the Trump influence waning
0:27.4	narrative driving last week was maybe a bit premature.
0:31.1	As Politico's Marissa Martinez wrote last night, Carrie's win affirms Trump's ability
0:35.3	to influence Republican primaries.
0:41.3	After Susan Wright, another Republican House candidate backed by the former president,
0:45.2	lost her own special election for a district in Texas last week.
0:50.5	Following the Texas defeat last week, Trump moved aggressively to prevent a second loss. He held a last second teller rally for Kerry Monday morning.
1:02.0	Meanwhile, a pro-Trump pack spent more than $350,000 on digital campaign ads in just the last week. As for the Democrats, the establishment reigns and so does the Congressional Black Caucus.
1:07.0	For the second time in recent weeks, progressives came up short.
1:10.9	Politico's Ali Muttnick was on the ground in Ohio last night, and writes,
1:15.1	The Democratic establishment dealt a crushing blow to the Progressive Movement Tuesday,
1:19.4	with Chantel Brown, the preferred candidate of party stalwart, triumphing over Nina Turner.
1:24.3	It's a big win for the Congressional Black Caucus, which went all in for Brown
1:28.8	in a race that pitted House Majority with Jim Clyburn against Senator Bernie Sanders in the squad.
1:34.6	And it's the second defeat for the left in recent weeks after Eric Adams won the New York City
1:39.8	mayoral primary. As Ali Mutnick writes in her story today, Brown's allies, quote,
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