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Words Matter

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Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The lies and deflections from Republicans defending Trump have spun up the ire of "Words Matter" co-host Norm Ornstein. So in this episode he not only explains why but guest co-host David Rothkopf tries unsuccessfully to defuse his anger. Instead, both recount the facts surrounding the case for which Trump was arraigned this week and the likely cases to come and frankly, the outrage only grows. Join them to understand why it is fully justified. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Summer is here and we're as busy as ever at the DSR Network.

0:03.9

Our podcast schedule has expanded to include the DSR Daily Brief, DSR Foreign Policy, DSR Politics,

0:12.0

the DSR Spy Show, Words Matter, Foreign Office with Michael Weiss, Next in Foreign Policy,

0:18.9

and the Secret Life of Cookies. To celebrate our expansion, we're bringing you this special offer.

0:25.5

Through the month of June, membership is 50% off. Members receive an ad-free listening experience,

0:32.5

bonus content across all of our podcasts, an evening newsletter, an invitation to join the DSR

0:39.3

Slack community and more. To take advantage of this offer, visit the DSRnetwork.com-by and

0:46.9

enter code DSRXPANES, all one word. That's the DSRnetwork.com-by and code DSRXPANES. Thank you for your

0:59.2

support. This is Words Matter with Norm Ornstein. We've got the boats and screwed the rest of you.

1:10.4

And Dr. Cavita Patel. These might be some of the smaller moments, you know, with all the bombshells.

1:16.2

Did he catch people's eyes?

1:24.9

Hello and welcome to Words Matter. I am not Dr. Cavita Patel. She's away this week,

1:31.2

so I, David Rothkopf, am standing in for her, although I know I will do an inferior job.

1:37.6

Fortunately, for all of you who are Words Matter fans, Norm Ornstein is with us and he will restore

1:47.6

normalcy, sorry, to the podcast. How are you, Norm?

1:54.0

I am okay, David, and it's a delight to have you, even if you're not Cavita.

1:59.8

Thank you. I will never, ever be as good as Cavita Patel at anything.

2:07.1

You know, I've been noticing, Norm, this week a lot of your tweets. You have been on the war path.

2:13.1

I mean, you know, just something, perhaps it is the

2:20.5

Trump arraignment has gotten under your skin. And I've just noticed you every time a Republican does

2:28.7

something stupid, you will tweet your disgrace, delete your account.

2:36.2

More frequently it is when somebody utters a falsehood about the Trump indictment

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