December 19, 2023: Will Biden's "dictator" comments backfire?

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

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At a number of recent appearances, President Joe Biden has shown he is not afraid to draw comparisons between the rhetoric of former President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. Though not wholly unexplored territory, the move is unusual and seen by some as extreme. White House bureau chief Jonathan Lemire joins Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza to discuss why the Biden team has decided to cross the line, and what potential drawbacks he could face. Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza interviews White House bureau chief Jonathan Lemire.

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0:00.0	Good morning, everyone. I'm Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza. It's Tuesday, December 19th. Here's what's
0:09.3	driving the day. Senators on both sides of the aisle are objecting to yesterday's announced
0:14.4	$14 billion purchase of U.S. steel by Japanese rival Nepon Steel. Republican Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio this morning
0:23.9	is calling on the Biden administration to block the deal on national security grounds.
0:29.7	Senator John Federman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, did the same yesterday in an online video
0:34.2	where he called the proposed sale absolutely outrageous. Said Vance in his
0:39.1	letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the transaction marks a turning point for an icon of
0:44.9	American industry and has dire implications for the industrial base of the United States.
0:51.0	We'll see who else jumps on that issue in the coming days, including perhaps Donald Trump.
0:56.6	Speaking of Trump, in Trump legal news, Kyle Cheney reports that a federal appeals court has denied
1:03.1	Mark Meadows bid to move his Georgia-based criminal charges into federal court, rejecting a procedural
1:09.3	gambit that could have derailed the state's election-related
1:12.0	charges against not only Meadows, but also Trump himself. In an unsparing opinion written by
1:18.4	Chief Judge William Pryor, a staunch conservative, the court ruled that Meadows, who served
1:23.7	as Trump's White House Chief of Staff, must fight the charges against him in a state
1:27.9	court in Atlanta. Meadows had aimed to transfer the charges before a federal judge in hopes of
1:33.5	having them quickly tossed out. And finally, Holly Otterbine, Elena Schneider, and Jonathan
1:39.7	Lemire dig deep this morning into an issue that you will be hearing a lot more about in coming weeks.
1:46.5	Their piece? How the 2024 campaign has turned into a clash over Hitler. Yep, Hitler.
1:54.0	The Biden campaign warns that Trump's rhetoric from vermin to poisoned blood could reflect
1:59.4	history repeating. Joining me now to discuss this is White House
2:03.7	Bureau Chief Jonathan Lemire. Sir, thank you for coming on this morning. Kind of a strange topic
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