MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video) - 12-13-2024-223934

MSNBC Rachel Maddow (video)

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🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Through her unique approach to storytelling, Rachel Maddow provides in-depth reporting to illuminate the current state of political affairs and reveals the importance of transparency and accountability from our leaders. Maddow works with unmatched rigor and resolve to explain our complex world and deliver news in a way that's illuminating and dynamic, connecting the dots to make sense of complex issues. Maddow also conducts thoughtful interviews with individuals at the center of current news stories to provide important perspective.

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0:00.0	By now, you have likely seen that Time Magazine has named President-elect Donald Trump as their person of the year.
0:07.2	And I'm sure that's the only part of the story that Donald Trump wants you to actually hear.
0:12.0	Because if you read the profile of Trump that Time magazine's Eric Cortessa wrote,
0:16.7	Trump is not actually as all-powerful as he would like for you to think.
0:21.7	This is probably easier if I show you what I mean.
0:25.3	Time is going to report that earlier this year,
0:28.2	Trump was on the verge of supporting a 16-week federal abortion ban.
0:32.8	Then, on April 2nd, Trump was shown a document titled
0:36.0	How a National Abortion Ban Will Cost Trump the Election.
0:39.3	Well, what do you think happened next?
0:41.3	Spoiler alert.
0:43.3	Just six days after seeing that document, Donald Trump changed his tune.
0:47.3	My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint,
0:53.3	the states will determine by vote or legislation
0:56.3	or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land, in this case, the law of the
1:03.8	state. At least before the election, pressure worked. Public opinion mattered to Trump, and it slowed his most extreme
1:12.8	impulses. But now, the election is over and Donald Trump can't run again, so he doesn't need
1:18.5	the votes of American citizens. But he does still need votes in Congress. Republicans may have
1:24.1	control of the House and Senate, but their majorities are slim, and we've already seen how that means Congress
1:29.3	can still act as a check on Trump's power.
1:33.3	Three weeks ago, Trump's first pick for Attorney General,
1:35.3	former Florida Congressman Matt Gates,
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