Party Foul: Something Rotten in the State of the GOP

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

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News, Politics

4.5 • 664 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Following Donald Trump’s victory over Nikki Haley in South Carolina's Republican primary, Jen outlines the GOP’s bizarre allegiance to Trump in the face of his increasingly unhinged and racist remarks. Jen is joined by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro who discusses the importance of contrasting President Joe Biden’s accomplishments with Trump’s legal woes going into the 2024 election, among other topics. Next, Former Trump Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews reflects on the threat Trump poses to democracy in a potential second term and calls out former colleagues “twice her age” who have yet to denounce the former president. Later, Jen is joined by legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and Neal Katyal to examine Trump’s far-fetched claims of presidential immunity in the classified documents case, while the Supreme Court weighs whether to consider Trump's immunity appeal in the Federal election case. Jen also breaks down the GOP’s contradictory response to the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling, as Trump backtracks from his party’s attacks on reproductive freedom. Finally, author Jared Cohen joins the show to discuss his new book “Life After Power,” which serves as a reminder that when it comes to the history of the presidency, Donald Trump is the exception and not the rule.

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0:00.0	Well, in the lead up to the South Carolina primary, Donald Trump gave a couple of the most unhinged,
0:04.8	dangerous speeches we've ever heard him give. And then he beat Nikki Haley in her home state.
0:10.5	I'll talk to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about what it means for the Republican Party
0:14.5	and how Joe Biden is really, actually, definitely the last guy standing between Trump and the White House, no matter what
0:22.3	the cocktail party crowd is saying. Plus, an interview I've been looking forward to for a very
0:26.8	long time. Sarah Matthews is the former Deputy White House Press Secretary for Donald Trump.
0:32.0	She testified before the January 6th Committee, and she'll be here in studio to talk about
0:36.4	what concerns her most about a
0:37.8	possible second term. And later, Trump tries his presidential immunity gambit, this time in the
0:43.4	classified documents case. The law firm of Weissman and Katiel joins me to pick that one apart
0:48.0	as only they can. Okay. So last night, Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary, as expected. He was ahead by 30 points.
1:05.6	It all put him one step closer to the Republican nomination. Now, Nikki Haley did get about 40% of the vote, about the
1:12.7	same margin she got in New Hampshire in a much more conservative state, also her home state,
1:17.3	important context, but 40% is not, in her words, a tiny group. And there are some real warning
1:22.9	signs in the anti-Trump vote from last night for the former president. And that matters.
1:27.2	Because no matter how long Nikki Haley stays in this race, the general election is well underway.
1:32.5	It has been for weeks.
1:33.9	Now, you don't need to agree with Haley on much.
1:36.5	I don't necessarily.
1:38.2	But you can still acknowledge she has been making a clear case against Trump in speech after speech.
1:43.4	And that case is one of stark contrast.
1:46.4	Trump is dangerous. She is normal. Trump is chaotic. She is stable. Trump is old. She is young.
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