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The Playbook Podcast

October 3, 2018

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

Government, News, Daily News, Politics

3.9700 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2018

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The president reaches out to Congress on trade, the NYT finds Trump engaged in tax fraud, and more in today’s Audio Briefing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good Wednesday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing sponsored by Pharma.

0:07.0

And I'm Jake Sherman. The president sent a letter at a package of clips to Capitol Hill Wednesday.

0:11.4

His first major outreach on the trade pact he cut with Canada and Mexico.

0:16.6

The letter on White House Stationery says the trade deal, USMCA, has received fantastic reviews.

0:22.7

It will go down as one of the best ever made, and it will also benefit Mexico and Canada.

0:27.7

The letter came with a New York Post opinion piece and Wall Street Journal news story.

0:31.7

We thought it was worth noting, Mr. President, if you want members of Congress to be wowed by the coverage of your trade deal,

0:37.0

pull local clips for lawmakers that show support in their regions of the country.

0:41.3

The New York delegation is about the only group of people that will care about the post-coverage

0:44.9

of your trade deal. But it's good to start reaching out.

0:47.7

We've got a first in playbook, the Congressional Leadership Fund, the House GOP super PAC,

0:52.7

has raised $132 million this cycle and $40 million since July 1st.

0:59.7

The Super PAC, led by Corey Bliss, has $45 million in the bank for the last 34 days until Election Day.

1:07.6

CLF will file October 15th, so then we'll be able to see who is stroking the massive checks to try to save the GOP majority.

1:15.9

The president was in South Haven, Mississippi last night for a campaign rally, where he mocked Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

1:25.5

The stunning part of this?

1:30.1

Almost every conversation we have with Republicans looking to save the House

1:31.4

revolves around their trouble attracting educated women.

1:35.2

The monster story of the day,

1:36.8

The New York Times is a special investigation

1:38.5

which runs 14,218 words,

1:42.3

reporting that the Trump family engaged in suspect tax schemes. The New York

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