Interviews with Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Sen. Bill Cassidy, Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett

State of the Union

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🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On CNN's State of the Union, Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett responds to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announcing she is leaving Congress, plus reveals new polling that will influence her decision to run for senate in Texas. Jake Tapper pushes Senator Bill Cassidy on his deciding vote to confirm H-H-S Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior, plus the senator discusses his new health care proposal. Trump's top economic adviser Kevin Hassett acknowledges there's a lot of progress to be made in bringing prices down and responds to President Trump appearing to bond with New York City Mayor-elect over tackling affordability in New York City. Our panelists Democratic Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth and political commentators Brad Todd, Kate Bedingfield, Shermichael Singleton weigh in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Big Romance, New York City's Democratic Socialist Mayor-elect and President Donald Trump
0:11.5	seeing eye-to-eye on affordability.
0:14.0	I want him to do a great job.
0:15.0	I look forward to working together to deliver that affordability.
0:19.0	Is the White House now behind some of Zoron
0:21.2	Mamdani's proposals? President Trump's top economic advisor Kevin Hassett joins me next. Plus,
0:26.9	Momdani in, MTG out? Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green doing a beltway mic drop after turning
0:33.3	from Trump defender to Trump antagonist. I refuse to be a battered wife, hoping it all goes away and gets better.
0:40.0	One of her staunchest critics, Texas Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is here.
0:44.4	Our political panel will also weigh in on her resignation.
0:47.6	And broken promise?
0:49.1	It's exactly what the HHS secretary said he would not do.
0:52.6	Now the CDC website promotes RFK Jr.'s false claims,
0:56.5	linking autism to vaccines. Republican Senator and Dr. Bill Cassidy was the deciding vote on
1:02.5	RFK Jr.'s confirmation. He joins me live.
1:16.2	Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is in the upside down.
1:22.4	The same day that President Trump had an Oval Office love fest with New York City's new Democratic socialist mayor, Zoran Mamdani.
1:27.4	MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Green announced that she's going to resign from Congress essentially chased out by President Trump, she suggests.
1:31.0	Green has been one of President Trump's most loyal supporters, but their relationship has broken down recently over his handling of the Epstein files.
1:38.2	No love loss from the president who wrote on Truth Social quote, for some reason, primarily that I refuse to return her never-ending
1:44.6	barrage of phone calls, Marjorie went bad, end quote. This just hours after President Trump
1:51.1	embraced a former nemesis, Mayor-elect Mamdani. The two New Yorkers all smiles as they bonded over
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