Oct. 7, 2022: Biden warns of nuclear ‘Armageddon’

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Last night at a fundraiser in New York City, President Joe Biden issued a stark warning about the risks of nuclear war in Ukraine. “First time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we have a direct threat of the use [of a] nuclear weapon if in fact things continue down the path they are going,” Biden told donors at the home of investor James Murdoch. “I’m trying to figure out what is [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's off ramp? … Where does he find a way out? Where does he find himself in a position that he does not not only lose face but lose significant power within Russia?” And it's the most common topic in ads for Democratic congressional candidates and their allies this cycle: abortion rights — and, more specifically, the GOP’s designs on a nationwide abortion ban. Inasmuch as there is a unifying Democratic message this cycle, this is it. In districts as disparate as suburban Omaha and heavily Catholic rural Texas, Dems and their allies have spent more than $25 million in broadcast TV ads depicting Republicans as “extremists who would imprison doctors and force women who have been raped to carry pregnancies to term,” our Ally Mutnick reports this morning. Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by Farma.
0:02.6	Hey, good morning, playbookers.
0:04.4	I'm Rogumonovalin. It's Friday.
0:06.2	It's not every day that a sitting president uses the word Armageddon and a fundraiser.
0:10.3	It's your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.
0:15.1	Last night at a fundraiser in New York City, President Joe Biden issued a stark warning
0:19.6	about the risks of nuclear war in Ukraine.
0:22.3	Biden told donors at the home of investor James Murdoch.
0:25.2	First time since the Cuban missile crisis, we have a direct threat of the use of a nuclear
0:29.3	weapon if in fact things continue down the path they are going.
0:32.9	I'm trying to figure out what is Russian President Vladimir Putin's off-ramp?
0:36.5	Where does he find a way out? Where does he find himself, in a position that he does not not only lose face, but lose
0:42.3	significant power within Russia.
0:44.3	Biden made a detour into domestic politics, but then returned to the subject that was
0:48.3	clearly weighing on him.
0:49.3	We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Putin is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological
0:59.6	or chemical weapons because his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming.
1:04.8	I don't think there's any such thing as the ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon
1:09.8	and not end up with Armageddon.
1:11.8	A bit of context from Katie Rogers and David Sanger from the New York Times.
1:15.4	Mr. Biden's references to Armageddon were highly unusual for any American president.
1:20.1	Since the Cuban Missile Crisis, 60 years ago this month, occupants of the Oval Office have rarely
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