Fifteen Days Out, Some GOP Lawmakers Are Distancing Themselves From Trump

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🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Joe Biden warns that nothing is certain, while Donald Trump says everything is still possible. Just over two weeks out from the election, the campaigns are in full turnout mode. Despite the president's confidence, though, Republicans are beginning to message that they will be an effective check on a Biden presidency.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Christian from RANDTUAL L&OI, and I'm about to get LASIG eye surgery.
0:06.0	This podcast was recorded at...
0:08.0	205 PM on Monday, October 19th.
0:11.3	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:13.9	Like hopefully I'll have 2020 vision.
0:16.9	Okay, here's the show.
0:21.6	You know I kinda want LASIG, I'm still holding out, I might get it.
0:24.4	It's the eyes though, scary.
0:25.8	It's kind of exciting, I've always had good vision and now I'm starting to kind of not
0:30.8	be able to read as well.
0:33.1	Things are further away and my fonts are bigger, so I might have to get reading glasses.
0:37.8	So I think we're going the opposite directions.
0:40.1	Well, I hope it goes great for them.
0:42.6	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast, Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:46.8	I'm Franco Ordonia, I cover the White House.
0:49.2	And I'm Domenico Montanaro, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.
0:52.2	And I think it is finally safe to say it, we are in the home stretch of this election.
0:58.2	It's just 15 days to election day and the campaigns are traveling all across the country
1:03.7	to the states they believe they need to win.
1:06.2	Here's Joe Biden at a rally yesterday in North Carolina.
1:09.5	We'll always have your back, I promise you, so please, please vote and up get out the
1:14.6	vote.
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