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The Playbook Podcast

Can Republicans cash in on Tax Day?

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

Politics, Government, Daily News, News

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Playbook Podcast, Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns break down Republicans’ Tax Day push to sell Trump’s tax cuts and ask whether voters are actually feeling the benefits. They also dig into Trump’s latest comments on Iran, the political risks of rising gas prices, and the fallout on Capitol Hill from two high-profile resignations.

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0:00.0

Today on the Playbook podcast, it's tax day.

0:08.3

Will Donald Trump and the Republicans enjoy a political windfall?

0:12.3

President tells Fox News the Iran war is very close to over with more talks expected in the next few days.

0:18.8

And who knew what about disgraced Democrat Eric Swalwell. We've got the

0:23.4

latest on that. Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard. And I'm Dasha Burns. It is Wednesday, April 15th.

0:31.5

Halfway through the week, Dasha, how you doing? Slogging. Slogging. Slagging my way through the week.

0:39.1

Tax day.

0:39.7

You and every other person listening to this podcast, I'm sure.

0:42.6

Who doesn't want to talk about taxes?

0:44.7

Well, I'll tell you who does want to talk about taxes, and that is Donald Trump, the President of the United States and the Republican Party.

0:50.3

They have had this date in the diary for weeks and weeks as a time to do a big PR push on all the tax cuts that were agreed in last year's big, beautiful bill act. And they've got a lot of stuff planned today. Dash, we've got the president rolling out this morning on Fox Business with Maria Barty Romo. I'm sure he's going to be talking about these tax cuts. Carolyn Levitt, the press secretary, has invited Scott Besson, the Treasury Secretary,

1:12.3

into her briefing at 1 o'clock.

1:13.7

I'm sure he wants to talk about tax cuts.

1:15.7

Republicans on the Hill have got events plans,

1:17.8

and beefing up a load of advertising around it.

1:20.0

My question for you is, Dasha,

1:21.8

are they actually landing this

1:23.7

with the people that matter the voters?

1:26.1

Well, I think the question is, are they going to let the message play out?

1:33.8

Because we already saw this week the DoorDash stunt, for example, the president stepped on

1:42.1

that moment with attacks on the Pope and with the meme he posted of himself

1:47.6

appearing as Jesus. He says he thought he was a doctor. The sentences he never thought you'd be

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