Prosecuting the Case (with Sarah Longwell)

Hacks On Tap

David Axelrod & Mike Murphy

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark and host of The Focus Group podcast, joins Axe and Gibbs to discuss how Trump voters are reacting to the January 6th hearings, the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade and whether it gives Democrats an opportunity to go on offense in the midterms, Mitch McConnell’s approach to the bipartisan gun control bill, Elise Stefanik’s hard turn to towards Trumpism, and more.

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0:00.0	Hey, pull up a chair.
0:10.4	It's axon tap with David Axelroth, Robert Gibbs, and Mike Murphy.
0:15.1	He hasn't reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel.
0:28.0	Mr. Engel grabbed his arm, said Sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel.
0:34.3	We're going back to the West Wing.
0:36.6	We're not going to the Capitol.
0:39.0	Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel.
0:42.9	And Mr. Ronaldo had recounted the stories to me.
0:45.8	He had motion towards his clavicles.
0:48.7	It was unpatriotic.
0:51.0	It was un-American.
0:52.8	We were watching the Capitol building get defaced over a lie.
0:58.1	And it was something that was really hard in that moment to digest, knowing what I've
1:03.5	been hearing down the hall and the conversations that were happening, seeing that tweet come
1:09.8	up and knowing what was happening on the hill.
1:13.5	Robert Gibbs, that was a bite from Cassidy Hutchinson, the former top aide to Mark Meadows,
1:21.5	Donald Trump's chief of staff at today's surprise hearings of the January 6th commission.
1:26.5	We will not be discussing that clip because that clip hasn't actually happened yet.
1:31.3	But through the wonders, the sorcery of our engineer, Jeff Fox, we have inserted that
1:37.5	after to give the illusion of being in the moment.
1:40.5	I thought you were going to announce that we'd actually invented time travel.
1:44.0	And I thought this was going to be a really cool intro to the podcast.
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