MTP NOW Dec. 15 — Trump trading cards, Sen. Whitehouse and Biden's food insecurity initiative

Meet the Press

NBC News

Russert, Government, Road To 2020, Congress, Republicans, Politics, 2020, President, Chuck Todd, Campaign, Primary Election, Nbc, 2020 Election, Public, News, Democratic Presidential Debate, Meet The Press, 2016, 2018 Midterms, Political, Debate, Issues, Democrats, Analysis, Policy, News Commentary, Democratic Primary, Washington, Elections, White House, 2018

3.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Former President Trump sees some of his worst polling numbers since before he was president ahead of his digital trading card announcement. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) discusses dark money in politics and the future of the Democratic Party. NBC News Correspondent Guad Venegas reports from Louisiana, where a series of tornadoes have left at least three people dead. David Miliband discusses the food crisis in Somalia. Susan Page, Faiz Shakir and former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	If it's Thursday, a slump in the polls and an eyebrow-raising, fundraising ploy.
0:08.1	It's been a month of setbacks for the former president, and Biden's White House allies
0:12.1	craft a 2024 strategy for the current president.
0:16.4	Plus, crypto, corruption, dark money, and the courts, how the implosion of FTX has reignited issues tied to anti-corruption, campaign finance laws, and what Congress can do to clean it up.
0:28.5	And 21 tornadoes in 24 hours. Louisiana in a state of emergency after a deadly tornado outbreak, tears through the South, leaving a trail of
0:38.4	destruction behind.
0:51.5	Welcome to meet the press now.
0:53.5	I'm Yamish Al-Sendor in for truck Todd. It's been exactly one
0:57.1	months since former president Donald Trump announced his 2024 candidacy. And voters across the country
1:02.6	across America are now sending a clear message to him and the Republican Party. They want
1:07.9	something else. A new CNN poll shows 31% of the country now has a favorable
1:13.3	opinion of Donald Trump. That's the lowest it's been since March of 2016. That's before he was
1:18.7	president. New polls from both Quinepiak and the Wall Street Journal show similar trends with a 59%
1:24.7	unfavorable rating. That's the worst Quinnipiac has seen since 2015, before he was the Republican nominee.
1:31.2	Now, his support is also wavering among Republicans.
1:34.0	70% now view him favorably, according to Quintipiac.
1:37.2	Now, that number may sound high, but it's actually his lowest since March of 2016.
1:42.3	And many fewer Republicans, just 38%, want to see him actually run,
1:47.2	according to the CNN poll. Yes, it's still 691 days until the 2024 election, but the former
1:55.0	president's political liability is something that every Republican in Washington is grappling with
2:00.0	right now, after Democrats were able to capitalize on the former president's struggles,
2:04.5	making him a pillar of the party's midterm strategy.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NBC News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NBC News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.