MAGA Republicans Dominate Key North Carolina, Pennsylvania Primaries

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🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In North Carolina, Rep. Ted Budd — boosted by Donald Trump's endorsement — secured a decisive win over the state's former two-term governor.

And in Pennsylvania, Trump's pick for governor won the primary contest despite spreading false claims about the presidential election results. The state's GOP Senate primary remains too close to call.

As expected, North Carolina's Cheri Beasley and Pennsylvania's John Fetterman comfortably won their states' Democratic primaries.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and national political correspondent Don Gonyea.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Gawain in Hobart, Tasmania, the smallest state of Australia, where I have just
0:06.0	voted in Australia's federal election.
0:09.1	Here's hoping for a good result.
0:11.4	This podcast was recorded out.
0:12.9	12.24pm Eastern time on the 18th of May, Wednesday.
0:18.8	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
0:21.0	OK, here's the show.
0:22.9	Man, I cannot even wrap my head around the idea of trying to keep track of Australia's
0:30.9	elections, let alone hours.
0:33.2	The only thing I know about Australian elections is that you have to vote.
0:37.1	It's compulsory to vote, or you get fined.
0:39.5	But you also can get a sausage, right?
0:41.5	Like there's a sausage involved in this.
0:42.5	Right, oh, I remember the sausage.
0:43.5	I've got it wrong before.
0:45.2	People have to Google it.
0:46.2	Yeah, Google Australian election sausage.
0:50.9	Really?
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0:53.2	It's the NPR politics podcast.
0:55.4	I'm Tamara Keith.
0:56.2	I cover the White House.
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