December 10 — Sens. Mitt Romney and Chris Murphy

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🗓️ 10 December 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In an exclusive interview, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joins Meet the Press to discuss his stance on abortion following the Texas Supreme Court’s decision to block a woman from getting an emergency abortion and his thoughts on the 2024 race. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) exclusively shares the status of congressional aid to Israel and Ukraine and weighs in on Hunter Biden’s latest indictment. Cornell Belcher, Lanhee Chen, Jonathan Martin and Kelly O’Donnell join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, revenge politics, former President Trump sets off alarms about what his
0:07.0	return to the White House could look like.
0:09.7	You would never abuse power as retribution against anybody except for day one.
0:15.0	Plus abortion fight. The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks a
0:19.8	pregnant woman from an emergency abortion.
0:22.7	There's no outcome here that I take home my healthy baby girl,
0:27.8	you know, so it's hard.
0:29.8	Will the state force her to continue her pregnancy and new charges.
0:34.4	President Biden's son Hunter is indicted for the second time this year.
0:38.5	Nine new criminal counts, including tax evasion and filing false returns.
0:43.5	What will be the political impact?
0:45.9	Plus, under fire, the presidents of three elite universities facing backlash
0:51.4	after their testimony at a congressional hearing on anti-Semitism
0:55.6	and now the president of the University of Pennsylvania has resigned.
1:00.3	Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate pens rules or code of conduct? Yes or no.
1:06.7	If the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment. Yes.
1:10.7	Conduct meaning committing the act of genocide? The answer is yes.
1:15.0	My guess this morning, Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah and Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut.
1:23.0	Joining me for Insight and Analysis are,
1:25.8	NBC News Senior White House Corresponding Kelly O'Donnell.
1:29.8	Jonathan Martin of Politico.
1:32.3	Democratic Polster Cornell Belcher,
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