Kennedy retirement reunites fractured Republicans

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🗓️ 29 June 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In a news week that seemed like it would never end, there were two big upsets for the Democrats: First, in New York's 14th congressional district, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unseated Joe Crowley, an incumbent no one expected to be defeated. Then, Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered a swing vote on the bench, announced that he would retire, opening up an opportunity for Trump and republicans to alter the Supreme Court as we know it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.8	This week on the show, what comes next after Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy
0:46.4	announced his retirement this week? Plus a closer look at the biggest
0:50.9	primary upset of 2018 so far with Congressman Joe Crowley, the number
0:55.4	four House Democrat going down in a primary to 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-C Cortez in New York City.
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