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The Playbook Podcast

February 20, 2018

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

Politics, Government, Daily News, News

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2018

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

A new map in Pennsylvania, public opinion on an assault weapons ban becomes more partisan and more in today's Audio Briefing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good Tuesday morning, welcome back to work. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your Politico Playbook

0:05.4

Audio Briefing, sponsored by Pharma. Mick Mulvaney's in the Middle East and guess what?

0:10.2

He didn't fly military air or business class. The OMB and CFPB director flew commercial in Coach.

0:16.7

He's on TV all the time and unlike his fellow cabinet secretary, Scott Pruitt of the EPA,

0:22.1

he felt like he could sit with the masses in coach.

0:24.9

Big news from the Keystone state, the Pennsylvania map has been redrawn and Democrats are the winners.

0:29.5

Democrats have six very strong pickup opportunities in Pennsylvania, giving themselves a boost

0:34.5

in taking back the house.

0:36.1

Heather Kagle gets out of big fear in Democratic circles.

0:38.9

They are focusing too squarely on Trump and not talking about what they would do in the majority.

0:44.8

A Washington Post poll shows that the assault weapons ban is getting less popular on the right and more partisan overall.

0:51.4

More than 70% of Republicans supported the assault weapon ban in 1999.

0:56.5

Now just 45% support it. Fox News is planning a streaming service for super fans, according to the

1:01.9

New York Times. Congress is out of session today and it's scheduled to be 72 degrees in Washington.

1:07.7

Tomorrow, 77. Enjoy it. Subscribe to Playbook at Politico.com.com slash playbook.

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