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The Playbook Podcast

Feb. 10, 2023: McConnell vs. Scott, part LVII

The Playbook Podcast

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🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Since 2009, the president has almost always sat down for an interview with the network broadcasting the Super Bowl. But ahead of Sunday’s big game, Fox News is worried Biden is freezing them out, Variety’s Brian Steinberg scooped. Though Fox didn’t demand any conditions for the interview, the White House hasn’t committed, and “executives at Fox News are proceeding as if it will not” happen. And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott's “Rescue America” plan, which states, “All federal legislation sunsets in 5 years,” with no exceptions for Social Security and Medicare: “This is a bad idea. I think it will be a challenge for him to deal with this in his own reelection in Florida, a state with more elderly people than any other state in America.” More McConnell: “Speaker [Kevin] McCarthy said Social Security and Medicare are not to be touched, and I’ve said the same. And I think we’re in a more authoritative position to state what the position of the party is than any single senator.” (h/t AP’s Seung Min Kim) Scott world’s response, via longtime Scott spokesman Chris Hartline: “Lol. Rick Scott knows how to win Florida a hell of a lot better than Mitch McConnell does. Some DC Republicans can keep parroting Democrat lies, but that won’t stop Rick Scott from fighting for conservative principles instead of caving to Biden every day.” Reminder: After Biden called out “some Republicans” Tuesday for wanting to sunset Social Security and Medicare, Scott called the suggestion “a lie” but has not changed the wording of his plan. Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the host and senior editor of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0

Presented by Airlines for America.

0:03.9

Hey there, Playbook listeners.

0:05.9

I'm Rogumonovalin.

0:07.6

A simmering Mitch McConnell, Rick Scott viewed heats up, plus special counsel, Jack Smith, subpoena's former vice president, Mike Pence.

0:15.9

Here are the big things we're watching on Friday, February 10th.

0:20.3

Jack Smith, the special counsel, in charge of the Justice Department's Trump investigations,

0:26.3

subpoenaed former Vice President Mike Pence, Catherine Foulders, and Johnson Tucci from ABC News Scooped.

0:33.3

He's also subpoenaed, former National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien.

0:37.8

The moves signal a more aggressive and advanced face of the Justice Department's probes.

0:43.1

In Pence's case, Smith's demand for testimony and documents comes after months of back-and-forth negotiations.

0:50.4

Per ABC, it's not immediately clear to what extent the former vice president might seek

0:55.7

to invoke claims of executive privilege.

0:58.3

Per CNN, O'Brien has already claimed executive privilege.

1:02.8

And since 2009, the president has almost always sat down for an interview with the network

1:09.3

broadcasting the Super Bowl.

1:11.1

But ahead of Sunday's big game, between the Chiefs and the Eagles,

1:14.7

varieties Brian Steinberg scoops that Fox News is worried that President Joe Biden is freezing them out.

1:21.5

Though Fox didn't demand any conditions for the interview, the White House hasn't committed,

1:26.1

and executives at Fox News are proceeding

1:28.9

as if the sit-down will not happen.

1:34.0

In an interview with Terry Miners on WHA-S-840 AM in Kentucky, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

1:41.6

had this to say about Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott's Rescue America Plan,

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