Ep. 110 - Sean Spicer

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Sean Spicer, incoming White House Press Secretary and Communications Director for Donald Trump, talks with David Axelrod about what he hopes to achieve in his new job, Trump’s skepticism toward the intelligence community’s assessment of the Russian hacking issue, why Trump will govern with a mandate, and what to expect from the first 100 days of a Trump administration. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:19.8	He may have the second most difficult job on the planet.
0:22.6	Sean Spicer, the newly appointed press secretary and communications director for Donald
0:29.6	Trump, the incoming president, has a rich history in politics and communications.
0:37.2	But now he's taking on the biggest job there is, speaking for President of the United States,
0:42.7	who speaks for himself, often in 140 characters.
0:46.8	Sean came by the Institute of Politics the other night to speak to our students and sat
0:51.2	down with me for a discussion about Donald Trump and where the country is going from here.
1:01.4	Sean Spicer, welcome.
1:03.1	Thank you for coming to the Institute of Politics and thanks for being here.
1:06.2	I know you've got a busy schedule.
1:08.4	I want to ask you before we get into sort of more contemporary things, has a guy from
1:12.3	Rhode Island and up as a Republican.
1:14.3	I am a Republican.
1:15.2	It's a great question.
1:18.6	I think in Rhode Island, we actually elected a lot of Republicans.
1:21.9	We have a history of Republicans.
1:23.3	But very moderate.
1:24.3	But very moderate.
1:25.3	We had clunting Schneider and Ron Makley was growing up the first district.
1:32.5	We've had a lot of Republican governors over time.
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