August 18, 2017
The Playbook Podcast
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🗓️ 18 August 2017
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Friday. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing, |
| 0:05.2 | sponsored by the Coalition for Affordable Prescription Drugs. It is day 210 of Donald J. Trump's presidency. |
| 0:11.7 | He has another 1,251 days in his first term. And I'm Jake Sherman, breaking overnight another |
| 0:17.7 | terrorist attack in Spain. This time the attack was in Camberliss, a seaside town. |
| 0:22.7 | The suspects plowed down pedestrians and police in a car and were wearing fake bomb belts. |
| 0:28.7 | The story of the day comes from our colleagues, John Bresnahan and Rachel Bade, who got their hands on an eight-page memo on how to chauffeur Indiana Republican Todd Rokita around his district. |
| 0:39.2 | The Indiana Republican is running in one of next year's most competitive Senate races. |
| 0:43.1 | The juicy details include, always empty his trash, always have a hand sanitizer and gum at |
| 0:48.3 | the ready, and don't bother with unnecessary conversation. |
| 0:51.5 | The congressman doesn't have time for your chit-chat. |
| 0:54.1 | Tasks listed in the document entitled Instructures on Staffing and Driving, District Version, necessary conversation. The congressman doesn't have time for your chit chat. |
| 0:58.4 | Tasks listed in the document entitled Instructions on Staffing and Driving, District Version, |
| 1:04.4 | include handing Rakita a cup of black coffee upon picking him up at his home, acting as a physical barrier between him and trackers looking to capture embarrassing footage of the Congressman and avoiding |
| 1:09.0 | sudden acceleration or breaking while driving. |
| 1:11.6 | First and playbook this morning, Democratic admaker Mark Putnam is out with a new ad for Amy McGrath, |
| 1:16.7 | the Marine veteran running against Andy Barr in Kentucky. |
| 1:20.4 | Standing up to Trump is a new theme that Dems are going to try out after Charlottesville. |
| 1:25.4 | In the ad, McGrath says, quote, there are times when politicians |
| 1:28.5 | might have to make a difficult choice. Do you stand with the president or do you stand with the |
| 1:32.8 | country? Right now is one of those times. Every Republican congressman and senator has to make a |
| 1:37.7 | choice. End quote. This line of attack could be fruitful for Democrats who are looking to tie Trump |
| 1:42.6 | to Republican lawmakers. So far, |
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