How Trump Beat the GOP and the Media
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 29 February 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Even before Super Tuesday in 13 states tomorrow, many establishment Republicans already believe that Donald Trump is unstoppable.
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. The twice-monthly |
| 0:07.2 | podcast features thinkers and trendsetters in conversation with one of political journalism's leading voices. |
| 0:13.9 | Through the show's unique and sometimes surprising perspectives, you'll get up to speed |
| 0:18.9 | on the current issues shaping the Beltway and the world. Find sheer |
| 0:23.7 | intelligence on KCRW's iTunes page. From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI Public Radio International, |
| 0:33.2 | this is To the Point. Is Trump winning the nomination by beating the system? |
| 0:42.4 | Hello again, I'm Mormon Al-Nalmy, and this is To the Point from Public Radio |
| 0:45.4 | International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:48.6 | At a rally in Alabama this weekend, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions said Donald Trump is leading |
| 0:52.7 | a movement. Here's Trump's |
| 0:54.3 | response. I hate to say it. I'm becoming mainstream. All these people are now endorsing me. |
| 0:58.5 | But the Republican mainstream is divided. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley calls Trump's |
| 1:03.1 | nomination something we don't want to see happen. There are reports of frantic efforts to stop |
| 1:08.2 | Trump in his tracks, even down to a brokered GOP convention in Cleveland this summer. |
| 1:13.3 | So far, though, he's beating the party, the big money, and the establishment media. |
| 1:18.2 | Today's talking point, Bernie Sanders, was burned in South Carolina this weekend. |
| 1:22.5 | Can his campaigns stay alive? |
| 1:24.8 | First, here's the news. |
| 1:29.2 | Check out KCRW's All News Channel, News 24, programming from KCRW, NPR, the BBC, and more 24 hours a day. |
| 1:38.3 | Go to KCRW.com slash News 24, or you can listen on KCRW's app. |
| 1:55.6 | Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:56.6 | Hello again, Mormon, I'll need back with To The Point. |
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