June 6, 2022: Mounting frustrations at the White House

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🗓️ 6 June 2022

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The Senate is back today, with all eyes on whether 10 Republican votes materialize for a gun legislation deal. … On Tuesday, it’s primary day in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. … On Wednesday, President Joe Biden heads to L.A. to host the Summit of the Americas. … On Thursday, the House Jan. 6 committee holds a hearing on its investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. … On Friday, the next big Consumer Price Index report is released. And Jonathan Lemire goes deep inside the Biden White House to bring back this juicy report detailing frustrations at the top and sinking morale throughout the building. Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by Blackstone.
0:01.7	Hey, good morning, playbookers.
0:03.5	I'm Roguminovolin.
0:04.5	It's Monday.
0:05.4	Today's show, a preview of the week ahead and why morale is sinking in the White House.
0:10.1	It's her Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.
0:16.9	Politico's Jonathan Lemire goes deep inside the White House in today's playbook to bring back a juicy report detailing frustrations at the top and sinking morale throughout the building.
0:26.1	The game plan will sound familiar to most readers, more traveled by Biden to highlight his achievements, and hammered the GOP, among the nuggets that Lamar turned up.
0:33.6	Biden erupted over, quote, being kept out of the loop about the direness of the baby formula
0:38.4	shortage. Biden, quote, has expressed exasperation that his poll numbers have sunk below those of
0:43.7	Donald Trump. Biden, quote, angrily rejected the prospect of meeting with Saudi crown prince
0:48.0	Muhammad bin Salman, saying the presidency, quote, should stain for something before giving in.
0:52.7	It's worth noting that the schedule still isn't final.
0:55.1	First Lady Jill Biden and the president's sister Valerie Biden Owens are pushing the, quote,
0:59.7	let Biden be Biden tack, urged that staff have kept him too cloistered and handled him with, quote, kid gloves.
1:05.8	White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates tweeted this in response to Lamere's piece.
1:10.4	Quote, this depiction of the White House is simply divorced from reality.
1:15.6	Indiana Representative Jim Banks, chair of the Republican Study Committee,
1:19.1	and one of the leading critics of China's abuse of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang,
1:23.1	has a special guest land for the RSC's regular Wednesday lunch this week.
1:27.2	Enos Cantor Freedom,
1:28.6	the pro basketball player who's been withering in his criticism of the NBA and other major
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