Interviews with North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum; Biden Campaign Co-chair Mitch Landrieu; University of Florida President Ben Sasse

State of the Union

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🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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On CNN’s State of the Union, potential Trump VP contender Gov. Doug Burgum brushes off Donald Trump comparing the Biden administration to the Gestapo but acknowledges that Joe Biden won the 2020 election despite Trump’s claims to the contrary. Then, Jake presses Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu over President Biden’s response to campus protests amid Democratic concern they could damage his campaign. Next, University of Florida President and former U.S. senator Ben Sasse joins Jake to explain how his university has handled protests on campus. After, Kate Bedingfield, Jonah Goldberg, Ashley Allison and Marc Lotter join Jake to discuss the race to be Trump’s running mate. Finally, Jake reflects on the life and legacy of someone very important to the Tapper family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Beepstakes.
0:05.0	Donald Trump hosts The Apprentice 2024 edition with potential running mates at
0:10.0	Maralago. But with all the challenges of being Trump's number two, including a new refusal
0:15.2	to rule out violence again if Trump loses, who does Trump think can deliver for him?
0:20.3	VP contender North Dakota Governor Doug Bergam joins me exclusively next.
0:25.0	And campus crackdowns.
0:26.8	More arrests as colleges try to turn from chaos to commencement.
0:32.0	Could protests continue and affect Democrats hope for November?
0:35.2	Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu, and former senator in University of Florida
0:39.5	President Ben Sass ahead.
0:41.3	Plus, star turn. Rivoting trial testimony recalls the damning
0:45.3	access Hollywood tape from Trump's 2016 campaign.
0:48.7	This was locker room talk. I'm not proud of it. As the case against Trump takes shape, can he defy political expectations again? Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is auditioning out of
1:07.8	court for the weekend. Donald Trump was back in his element, fueling speculation over who he might choose to be his number two.
1:15.0	Yesterday at a donor retreat at Maralago, Mr. Trump called half a dozen of vice presidential
1:20.1	hopefuls up on stage and openly discussed whether one of them might join him on the ticket.
1:25.6	In his remarks to top donors, Mr. Trump also continued to lie about the 2020 election.
1:30.2	He vented about Special Counsel Jack Smith and the other lawyers prosecuting him, and he referred
1:36.1	to his Democratic opponent Joe Biden as quote, running a Gestapo administration, unquote.
1:41.8	He also said, according to the New York Times, quote,
1:43.8	when you are a Democrat you start off essentially at 40 percent because you have
1:47.6	civil service, you have the unions, and you have the welfare. And don't
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