Jane Mayer on the G.O.P.’s Post-Trump Game
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 16 November 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The President’s fantastical allegations about “illegal ballots” are being indulged by quite a number of prominent Republicans in Washington, who have declined to acknowledge Joe Biden as President-elect. If Republicans in some key state legislatures go further and appoint electors who disregard their states’ popular votes, the electoral chaos would be disastrous. To understand how the politicians may proceed, David Remnick spoke with Jane Mayer, who has written extensively about today’s GO.P. and the forces that drive it.
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| 0:49.1 | On today's Politics and More podcast, David Remnick talks with New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer. |
| 0:55.1 | They'll discuss the results of the 2020 election and what the response from Trump and his Republican allies might be. |
| 1:04.1 | It should come as no surprise at all that Donald Trump, having lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, is going to do the transition |
| 1:12.6 | his way, chaotically, vengefully, in an state of utter denial. And we all get to come along for the |
| 1:20.7 | ride. But the president's fantasies about so-called illegal ballots are being indulged by a great |
| 1:26.9 | number of prominent Republicans. |
| 1:29.4 | With the possibility of electoral chaos to come, where we go from here, remains a hugely open question. |
| 1:36.3 | I called up Jane Mayer to ask her about some of the reports that are coming out of the White House. |
| 1:41.1 | Jane's written extensively for the New Yorker about today's GOP and the forces that |
| 1:45.8 | drive it. Jane, how are you? Good. Glad to be with you. So Jane, as we talk on a Wednesday morning, |
| 1:53.7 | what's the mood in Washington? Is there a sense that a peaceful transition of power is still possible? |
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