Meet the Press NOW — November 19

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🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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President-elect Trump is working the phones, urging Senate Republicans to support his pick of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to be attorney general. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) discusses how Democrats move forward after losing the White House and both chambers of Congress. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) sparks a debate on Capitol Hill after introducing a resolution that would ban transgender women from using female bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol just weeks before the first trans member of Congress is set to be sworn in. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Yamishal Sender. President-elect Donald Trump is moving
0:15.8	full steam ahead with Maga Firebrand and fierce loyalist Matt Gates as his pick for Attorney General.
0:22.4	Even as new details emerge about Gates alleged sexual encounters with underage girls,
0:27.6	an alleged use of illicit drugs. According to a transition official, President
0:32.0	Elect Trump has been, quote, heavily working the phones with senators on Capitol Hill,
0:37.1	urging them to confirm Gates.
0:39.5	Among those senators getting a phone call, Kevin Kramer of North Dakota, who told Axios,
0:44.2	quote, Trump believes Matt Gates is the one person who will have the fearlessness and ferociousness,
0:50.9	really, to do what needs doing at the Department of Justice.
0:54.8	Sources tell NBC News that Vice President-elect, Senator J.D. Vance, will be on Capitol Hill tomorrow,
1:00.4	pressing senators on Mr. Trump's cabinet picks.
1:03.8	Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, there is an intensifying debate among Senate Republicans over whether
1:09.1	a House Ethics Committee report tied to Gates' alleged sexual misconduct and drug use should be released.
1:15.8	Do you want to see this House report, this ethics report?
1:20.3	Leave it up to that house.
1:21.5	You leave it up to that House?
1:22.4	I think it would be helpful.
1:23.8	Everybody's talking about it.
1:25.1	It apparently was just about done.
1:27.0	I think it would be helpful.
1:28.0	Whether we get the ethics report or not, the facts are going to come out one way or the other.
1:34.7	And I would think it would be in everybody's best interest, including the presidents, not to be surprised by some information that might come out during the confirmation hearing in the background
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