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🗓️ 20 May 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Kate Baldwin. It's Wednesday, May 20th. Here are your five things. |
| 0:09.6 | Number one, the primaries. President Trump's retribution campaign had a big night, taking down |
| 0:15.2 | another Republican he deemed insufficiently loyal. Congressman Thomas Massey of Kentucky's |
| 0:20.2 | who were talking about, he's a longtime |
| 0:21.8 | conservative with the libertarian bend. He's always been skeptical of more government, federal |
| 0:26.7 | government funding, more government involvement in general, which means he voted against Trump's |
| 0:31.5 | massive tax and spend bill. He voted against funding for foreign conflicts, and he led the charge |
| 0:36.6 | to force the release of the Epstein files. |
| 0:38.5 | And he just lost his primary to the Trump-backed challenger, Ed Gullrime. |
| 0:45.0 | I want to thank President Trump for his support, his endorsement, and his counsel as I navigated this campaign, which is a journey of and to itself. |
| 1:00.0 | There is a yearning in this country for somebody who will vote for principals over party. |
| 1:06.8 | You all don't like bullies and you don't tolerate them and I love you for it. |
| 1:12.8 | One senior White House advisor told CNN it wasn't really revenge. |
| 1:17.5 | Just quote, get this, basic political management of a party. |
| 1:20.8 | You have to keep everybody on the reservation. |
| 1:23.7 | Occasionally, you have to shoot a hostage. |
| 1:27.3 | And then there's Georgia. |
| 1:28.3 | Another Trump perceived enemy fell there. |
| 1:30.3 | Brad Raffensberger was Secretary of State when Trump was looking for votes in the aftermath of the 2020 election. |
| 1:35.3 | Raffinsberger did not get the votes this time. |
| 1:38.3 | Now that GOP primary in the governor's race in Georgia goes to a runoff between a magabillionaire and the |
| 1:44.6 | Trump endorsed lieutenant governor. Number two, the virus, scale and speed. Those are the two main |
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