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The Playbook Podcast

June 20, 2023: Is conservative wrath about to rock the House?

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

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🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

All eyes are on the 2024 presidential election, but Congress is heating up as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy contends with a growing conservative uprising and tough times for moderates. Meanwhile, Democrats are analyzing and looking to capitalize on the situation. All that, and the rest of the news you need to know today. Playbook co-author Rachael Bade breaks down her reporting.

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0:00.0

Hey, good morning. I'm Playbook co-author Rachel Bade. It's Tuesday, June 20th, and I hope you had a great three-day weekend.

0:08.1

The campaign trail is going to be buzzing this week as White House hopefuls are fanning out around the country to try to win the hearts and minds of voters.

0:17.3

Today, President Joe Biden is still in California raising money for his reelection ahead of the second fundraising quarter deadline.

0:25.6

In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Senator Tim Scott is going to be joining Sean Hannity for a pre-taped Fox News Town Hall that airs tonight at 9.

0:34.8

And then on Thursday here in Washington, the Faith and Freedom Coalition is going

0:39.2

to be kickstarting its three-day conference on social conservative values, which is going to

0:43.8

feature speakers from Donald Trump to Ronda Santis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, as well as other White

0:50.8

House hopefuls like Asia Hutchinson and Mike Pence and Chris Christie.

0:55.5

For those of you who weren't watching Fox News last night, you missed quite an interview with GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.

1:02.5

But the star of the interview was actually not the interviewee, it was the interviewer, Brett Bear.

1:09.1

Now, Bear, just before we begin here, is one of the most

1:12.8

esteemed anchors on Fox News, but Trump personally disdains him because he refused to pander

1:19.0

to the former president about election interference in the quote big lie. In fact, the two have not

1:24.9

actually sat down together since 2018.

1:35.3

During the interview, Bear once again refuted Trump's claim that he won the election, saying that he flat out lost.

1:41.0

And he pointed to the multiple recounts and swing states, the more than 60 lawsuits.

1:44.5

And he said there was just no evidence of Trump's claims, even though the former president tried to go talk over him to say that he won the 2020 election. At one point,

1:50.5

there was this incredible moment where Bear also listed all of Trump's former top officials

1:56.0

and folks from his cabinet who have said he is not fit to be president again, people like Bill Barr,

2:03.1

his former attorney general, people like his former national security advisor, John Bolton.

2:08.5

Trump said for every one of those, there's at least 20 times more who actually supported him

2:14.4

in office and would want to see him in the White House again. Trump did make some news during this interview. He offered a new explanation about why he didn't

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