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PBS News Hour - Brooks and Capehart

Brooks and Capehart on Biden's record fundraiser and the importance of campaign spending

PBS News Hour - Brooks and Capehart

PBS NewsHour

News, Politics

4.51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including a record fundraiser that nets the Biden campaign millions, a stock market debut that could potentially net Trump billions, Ronna McDaniel's ouster from NBC after an employee revolt and the passing of Joe Lieberman. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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Learn more at DanaFarber.org

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slash everywhere. A campaign fundraiser nets Biden millions and a stock market debut could potentially net Trump billions.

0:29.0

On that and the other political stories shaping the week we turn to the analysis of Brooks and

0:34.6

Kapart.

0:35.6

That is New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Kapart, associate editor for

0:40.5

the Washington Post.

0:41.5

Gentlemen, so nice to see you.

0:43.0

Thanks for being here.

0:45.0

Let's talk about this money race that is going on.

0:48.0

Biden had last night this event in New York City, a Radio City Music Hall,

0:52.0

apparently the most lucrative fundraising event

0:55.6

in American political history, $25 million I believe it was, former presidents out there

1:00.4

celebrating him. Does this money matter, especially when you're running

1:05.6

against the master of free media, Donald Trump, does it really matter?

1:09.1

No, I don't know those people wasted 25 million dollars.

1:12.5

Money matters in politics if you have no name recognition.

1:15.1

You want to get known, if you want to have an organization.

1:17.4

But once you hit a certain threshold,

1:19.8

even in a well-funded Senate race, it doesn't matter.

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