Midterm Update: Tuesday's Primaries Underscore That The GOP Is Trump's Party Now

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🗓️ 13 June 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Results from Tuesday's primaries underscored one major theme – it's Donald Trump's Republican Party now. An establishment candidate in South Carolina lost his re-election bid, and a Bannon-esque candidate won in Virginia. We break down what it means for the GOP. This episode: Reporter Sarah McCammon, Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Colin Chenhan calling in from Dayton, Ohio to Wish Mara Lyson and myself a very happy birthday.
0:08.0	This podcast was recorded at 10.52 a.m. on Wednesday June 13th.
0:14.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear this. All right, here's the show.
0:22.0	Happy birthday, Mara!
0:24.0	Yeah, things may have changed. I got older. Happy birthday.
0:26.0	And you brought us a smash. Thank you very much.
0:28.0	Yeah, I brought you a smash kick.
0:30.0	It's the NPR Politics podcast. Yesterday there were more primaries and we're here to break down what we've learned.
0:36.0	I'm Sarah McCammon. I'm covering the White House. I'm Kelsey Snell. I cover Congress.
0:40.0	And I'm Mara Lyson, National Political Correspondent.
0:42.0	It's safe to say that after yesterday the Republican Party is Trump's party.
0:48.0	There were a couple of really clear examples, one in South Carolina, another in Virginia.
0:52.0	And we're going to start there in South Carolina with Mark Sanford who lost his reelection bid.
0:58.0	Really quick, Mara. Remind us who he is.
1:00.0	Mark Sanford is the former governor of South Carolina who had a famous scandal.
1:06.0	He had an affair and at one point he said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
1:10.0	But really, he was visiting his lover in South America.
1:14.0	But he came back. He won an election to be a member of Congress.
1:18.0	He has never lost an election before. But he lost his primary to Katie Aarrington who declared when she won,
1:28.0	this is Donald J. Trump's party.
1:30.0	That says everything you need to know about that primary.
1:34.0	Mark Sanford had seemed like he had gotten past that scandal until this election.
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