How to raise $170 million after an election

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🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

How President Trump might use the $170 million he’s raised to challenge election results. Infighting muddies the future of the Democratic Party. And, how the pandemic has complicated shared custody agreements.

November was one of the president’s most successful fundraising months. Michelle Ye Hee Lee explains how Trump raised more than $170 million using appeals about false election claims, and where that money could go.

Democrats expected a blue wave this election cycle. It didn’t happen. Now, two factions within the party are openly battling over why. Political reporter Sean Sullivan brings us inside the feud, and the scramble over the future of the Democratic Party.

As we’ve discussed on the show, parenting during a pandemic is really difficult. Reporter Nia Decaille shares the experiences of divorced and separated couples, for whom the pandemic has complicated joint custody agreements.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:07.0	It's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.
0:09.0	Posts is Sarah Kaplan.
0:11.0	Hi, this is Elahi Azari with the Washington Post.
0:14.0	They know where it is.
0:15.0	This is Post Reports.
0:16.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:20.0	It's Wednesday, December 2.
0:24.0	Today, what Trump's fundraising numbers keep growing?
0:28.0	Where Democrats go from here?
0:30.0	And the challenge of sharing custody during a pandemic?
0:37.0	This week, it's become even more clear that President Trump has no chance of overturning
0:42.0	the result of the election.
0:45.0	On Tuesday night, Attorney General Bill Barr came out with a big announcement.
0:49.0	He said that the Justice Department has not found any evidence of the widespread election
0:53.4	fraud that Trump has claimed.
0:55.4	And in Georgia, the election official talked about how damaging these accusations of fraud have been.
1:01.4	Someone's going to get shot.
1:03.4	Someone's going to get killed.
1:05.4	This 20-year-old contractor for a voting system company just trying to do his job.
1:11.4	His family's getting harassed now.
1:13.4	There's a new South Bayer with his name on it.
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