Live at the RNC: Trump insider on the survivor and a new VP
Power Play
POLITICO
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🗓️ 15 July 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Reince Priebus is one the Republican Party's veteran power brokers. He served Donald Trump as his first White House chief of staff and chairs the host committee at this year's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
As Republican delegates gather in the aftermath of a dramatic couple of days, host Anne McElvoy speaks to Priebus live on stage at the CNN-POLITICO Grill. They discuss the attempted assassination, its impact on the party and the significance of his choice of a vice presidential running mate.
Later, Anne talks to POLITICO's Global Editor-in-Chief, John Harris, about the surreal atmosphere at the convention and what it means for the race for the White House.
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| 0:00.0 | A luminous red, white and blue stage here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin set for the coronation |
| 0:09.9 | of Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for President. |
| 0:13.0 | Some 2,400 delegates have gathered to designate the presidential ticket, |
| 0:18.0 | but America and the world beyond were jolted on Saturday night |
| 0:22.0 | as shots rang out at a rally in Pennsylvania, |
| 0:25.7 | and the former president escaped an assassin's bullet by millimeters. |
| 0:30.1 | The difference between life and death and a difference that will shape the rest of America's decisive election campaign |
| 0:36.6 | and its echoes far beyond. |
| 0:38.6 | Welcome to the Power Play Podcast |
| 0:43.4 | Recording from the CNN Politico Grill here at the RNC and joining me in front of |
| 0:48.9 | our audience here is a veteran power broker for the Republican Party who served Donald Trump as his White House Chief of Staff and is chair of the host committee here at the Convention. |
| 0:59.0 | And after that I'll be joined by our own editor-in-chief John Harris. He's the veteran of many |
| 1:05.2 | conventions and we'll have a conversation about his take on the week and its |
| 1:09.7 | significance. But first the insiders insider, Rince Pribus, welcome to power play. |
| 1:15.0 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:17.0 | You know Donald Trump very well. I mean you've known him in many incarnations you've worked with him |
| 1:26.2 | and you've spoken to him since this awful attack at the weekend. |
| 1:30.1 | Your thoughts on how you think the former president will handle this convention. |
| 1:34.4 | What does it change about the tone and the substance of it, Mr. Previs? |
| 1:38.5 | Well, first of all, thank you for being here. |
| 1:41.3 | Great to be on the show. |
| 1:43.0 | I don't know how things are going to change in tone. |
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