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0:00.0	On this week's Wildcard podcast, Wanda Sykes says she can have a hard time understanding God.
0:06.6	What is the plan, man?
0:08.4	You know?
0:10.3	What is the lesson here?
0:12.3	Yeah, it's like, it's like, oh, boy, you are in a pickle right now, God.
0:16.6	What's you going to do about this?
0:18.7	I'm Rachel Martin.
0:20.1	Wanda Sykes is on Wildcard.
0:21.7	The show where cards control the conversation.
0:24.8	Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.
0:29.4	27 Democratic senators have introduced a resolution to try to block the Trump administration
0:34.9	from accepting a $400 million luxury plane from Qatar.
0:40.0	They'd like to see Republicans speak out as well.
0:42.3	More from MMPYAR's Michelle Kalalman.
0:43.7	The ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Gene Shaheen,
0:47.5	describes the Qatari offer as clearly illegal and corrupt and says it raises national security concerns.
0:55.0	Air Force One is not just an airplane that flies the president around. It's also a White House
1:00.5	in the air in that you have to have secure communications. You have to be able to refuel in
1:07.6	case there's an emergency. President Trump says only a, quote, stupid person would say no to a free, very expensive
1:14.8	airplane.
1:15.9	Shaheen says she's heard private concerns from some of her Republican colleagues.
1:20.4	Only Democrats have signed on to a resolution opposing this.
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