It takes Chutzpah. With Senator Ron Wyden
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🗓️ 4 February 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Oregon Senator Ron Wyden discusses the chaotic first weeks of the Trump administration, including the firing of inspectors general, threats to federal spending, and Trump's nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS Secretary. Wyden criticizes Trump's disregard for the law and his attempts to undermine the federal government. He argues Democrats must focus on issues like healthcare costs, housing, and education to counter Trump's agenda that benefits the wealthy. Wyden also discusses the importance of principled bipartisanship and his new book "It Takes Chutzpah" which outlines his approach to progressive politics. Overall, Wyden presents a critical view of the Trump administration's actions and calls for Democrats to take bold action to help working families. You can purchase your copy of his book It takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change by clicking on this link.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, good friends, and welcome back to the Bill Press Pod. |
| 0:11.1 | Well, here we are beginning week three of Trump 2, and everybody's heads are spinning, |
| 0:16.5 | trying to keep up with Trump's latest moves. |
| 0:19.4 | There are so many of them coming so fast in so many different directions. |
| 0:23.1 | All of them without any input from Congress. |
| 0:26.1 | All of them stretching the powers of the presidency. |
| 0:29.1 | Some of them clearly illegal and some of them abandoned even before the ink is dry. |
| 0:35.1 | Like that freeze on spending one day, no freeze the next, like |
| 0:39.5 | tariffs one day, no tariffs the next. It's almost impossible for Democrats to keep up, |
| 0:45.9 | but here's one Democrat who's been trying, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, an expert on health care |
| 0:52.5 | who roasted RFK Jr. in his confirmation hearings and former chair of |
| 0:57.9 | the Senate Finance Committee who torpedoed Trump's spending freeze. Senator Wyden's also out |
| 1:04.4 | with a great new book charting his own approach to life and politics called It Takes Hootspah. A very timely book indeed, because |
| 1:14.7 | Hutzpah is just what Democrats need in dealing with Donald Trump today. We talked with |
| 1:21.1 | Senator Wyden last week during the ROK Jr. confirmation hearings. Senator DeWiden, it's a great honor |
| 1:27.3 | to welcome you to the Bill Press Pot. |
| 1:29.2 | Thank you so much for joining us. |
| 1:30.9 | Bill, thanks for having me. This will be fun. |
| 1:33.6 | Yeah, and you know, I must say, Senator, I'm not just blowing smoke either. |
| 1:38.7 | I have, you might imagine, in my job, I have to read a lot of political books, a lot of books by politicians. |
| 1:47.2 | But your new book, It Takes Hootskba, is really one of the best that I've read. Congratulations. |
| 1:54.3 | You made my day. |
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