Building Bridges (with Jonathan Martin)

Hacks On Tap

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Jonathan Martin, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, joins Axe and Gibbs to discuss the make or break moment for infrastructure talks, whether a bill to restrict voting in Texas will reinvigorate the voting rights debate in the Senate, and why 2021 might be the best of times and the worst of times for progressives. Plus, the Hacks discussion Jonathan’s reporting on how races in New Mexico and Arkansas are test cases for both parties ahead of the midterms.

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0:00.0	Hey, pull up a chair.
0:10.4	It's axon tap with David Axelrot, Robert Gibbs, and Mike Murphy.
0:21.9	I think we are getting pretty close to a Fisher cut bait moment, but I'll tell you that
0:27.6	on the fishing side of things, the negotiations have been healthy.
0:30.9	There's a lot of conversations going on among members of Congress who have come forward
0:35.2	with a lot of different ideas in addition to the discussions that we've had with the
0:40.6	group led by Senator Capito.
0:42.6	So we believe in this process, but also very much agree that this can't go on forever.
0:48.4	So there you have it, Gibbs.
0:50.9	We've talked for, remember all those times in the Trump years when they talked about
0:57.5	infrastructure week?
0:58.9	Is this really it?
1:01.4	This is actually infrastructure week.
1:06.0	And I forgot to get you something.
1:08.0	They're going.
1:09.0	All I want to was a bridge.
1:12.8	But it's pretty clear that this is the week when Biden is going to decide whether there's
1:19.3	a deal to be had with Republicans or not.
1:21.7	And that has political implications and who better to sort through those than Yoda himself.
1:32.1	Jonathan Martin of the New York Times.
1:35.4	Their great political writer has joined us.
1:39.3	And Jay Martin, good to see you.
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