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Holy Hell to Pay

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Heffernan talks to Slate's Dahlia Lithwick about her working theory – nobody really knows what a constitutional crisis is. Also, have the Republican's finally found the line they won't let Trump cross? Slate Plus members, stick around after the show to hear Virginia Heffernan chat with John Di Domenico, our voice of Donald Trump, about how he has come to love the character he plays and listen to him debut his Anthony Scaramucci impression! "It's uncanny, you won't even believe it's not him." [Heavy on the Italian accent]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.5

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0:13.8

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0:22.1

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0:25.4

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0:28.4

Available now.

0:59.4

The following podcast contains explicit language.

1:03.1

I'm 100% behind Jeff Sessions, the chairman of the judiciary committee senate, Purdy, chilling tweet yesterday.

1:11.1

There will be no confirmation hearing for a new attorney general in 2017.

1:15.6

If Jeff Session is fired, there will be holy hell to pay.

1:22.2

If you're thinking of making a recess appointment to push out the attorney general, forget about it.

1:28.8

Any effort to go after Mueller could be the beginning of the end at the Trump presidency.

1:33.7

He's setting the stage for this entire city and country to head into a political twilight zone.

1:45.5

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast, I'm Virginia Heffernin.

1:48.4

So, since essentially the beginning of Trumpcast low those 17 months ago,

1:53.2

we have talked about the violation of norms.

1:56.8

Are you asleep yet?

1:58.4

Norms, norm, remember from cheers.

2:01.5

But, you know, who wants to talk about norms, norm, who rallies behind norms and normalcy?

2:07.5

Too quickly norms can be dismissed as piety and all everyone can tell your old Laurence wealth to

2:13.1

their awesome, Sid Vicious.

2:15.3

So instead of talking about norms, let's talk about violations of certainties.

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