NFL Protests Are About Race (9.27.17)
The Bill Press Pod
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2017
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Bill Press is out. Alexi McCammond (Axios) fills in and welcomes Vann R. Newkirk II, Eliza Collins and Tyler Tynes to discuss the Graham Cassidy Healthcare bill's death, Donald Trump's mishandling of the apocalyptic conditions in Puerto Rico after two devastating hurricanes, and the NFL National Anthem protests' foundation of race and police brutality - the full Wednesday edition of the Bill Press Show!
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| 0:48.3 | Hey everyone. This is Alexie McCamond. I'm a deputy news editor from Axiis filling in for Bill Press today. We miss him dearly, but I'm so excited to be here with my good friend, Jamie, and to bring you what will surely be a great show. We have a staff writer for the Atlantic coming in at the top of the hour, Van Newkirk. We have a congressional reporter for USA Today, Eliza Collins, coming in after that, and a sports reporter for SB Nation, Tyler Tynes, coming in later to talk about NFL protests. |
| 1:15.8 | We have so much to talk about. This week has been insane, like every week in September and what feels like every single week since Donald Trump took office. |
| 1:23.4 | We're going to be talking about health care because that imploded and it was a sobering failure for the GOP. |
| 1:28.4 | We're talking about tax reform, NFL protests, Trump on Puerto Rico, Trump on everything. |
| 1:35.3 | So it's going to be a really great show and I hope you stick around. |
| 1:38.9 | First, I'd like to talk a little bit about health care because, you know, yesterday there was this sort of surprise to |
| 1:46.9 | some that they are not even voting on it, which was supposed to happen today, remind you. So today, |
| 1:51.7 | Jamie, I think this is interesting to note, was supposed to be kind of insane. Trump is rolling out |
| 1:57.5 | tax reform later tonight, and they were supposed to vote on Graham Cassidy today, which would have been a disaster. |
| 2:04.1 | And I think they knew that. |
| 2:05.2 | It would have been an embarrassment. |
| 2:06.5 | An embarrassment, right. |
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