Donald Trump's WH Continues to Embarrass Themselves
The Bill Press Pod
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2018
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
Two horrible stories from the White House today
- Donald Trump berated his DHS Secretary so badly that she wrote a letter of resignation.
- A member of Trump's staff made a disgraceful joke about the health of John McCain after he came out against Gina Haspel.
Guest host Cam Joseph from TPM talks about the chaos in the WH. We also talk about the upcoming midterms with Laura Barron-Lopez from Washington Examiner and Democratic Strategist Tracy Sefl. We also talk about the confirmation of Gina Haspel. Will it happen?
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| 1:10.6 | I'm Cameron Joseph, senior political correspondent, with the newly unionized Talking Points Memo, here with Peter, here with some good stuff this morning. |
| 1:20.5 | First, and we're going to have Karen Devergian from Washington Post talking about the Gina Haspel confirmation. |
| 1:25.8 | My buddy Laura Baron Lopez a little later talking a little bit about Sherrod Brown and all the elections. |
| 1:30.9 | And Tracy Cephal, Democratic strategist, knows the Midwest like none other, talking about what Democrats need to do to rebuild themselves in the Rust Belt. |
| 1:39.7 | But first. |
| 1:41.4 | This is the full court press. |
| 1:43.8 | Just a couple of other stories making news. |
| 1:46.4 | If you are looking for a getaway to rejuvenate yourself, buddy, do I have the place for |
| 1:52.2 | you? |
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