Doubling Down: Trump Tweets, Puerto Rico, and Prime Day Protests

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🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Over the past few days, President Trump’s sent out a series of tweets about a group of “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen.” He suggested they should “go back” to the countries they came from. Today, he doubled down. We’ll tell you who President Trump’s talking about and why -- and how people are reacting. Meanwhile, Puerto Rico is having a bad case of the Mondays. Hundreds of pages of chats between Governor Ricardo Rosselló and others have leaked. And they’re filled with sexist and derogatory comments. All while Puerto Rico is trying to figure out how to pay off billions of dollars in debt. We’ll explain. Also on today’s episode: why some Amazon workers are boycotting Prime Day, and a new name to know on the nightly news circuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Monday, July 15th.
0:03.1	Welcome to Schimbis.
0:04.5	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on
0:08.3	why they matter.
0:09.3	Today, we're diving into the fallout from President Trump's controversial tweets from
0:13.1	over the weekend.
0:14.1	We'll connect the dots on the freshman congresswoman who were apparently targeted and why Trump
0:18.6	is demanding an apology from them.
0:21.4	Then Puerto Rico's governor is in the middle of his own text scandal, while the island
0:25.5	is trying to settle a bankruptcy deal.
0:27.8	And finally, it's Amazon Prime Day.
0:30.1	But a lot of Amazon warehouse workers are looking for a different kind of deal.
0:34.2	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:36.3	Let's Schimbis.
0:39.3	The most complicated story today is about tweets.
0:42.9	Tweets that President Trump sent over the weekend that have set off a firestorm.
0:47.7	President Trump called out, quote, progressive Democrat congresswomen who tell the US, quote,
0:52.4	how our government is to be run.
0:54.8	He said that they originally came from other countries and should quote, go back.
1:00.2	And he suggested that speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi would be happy to see them go.
1:05.6	Because of the context, analysts say this appears to be targeting four congresswomen who have
1:10.1	been very outspoken about immigration and President Trump.
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