meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Reactions to President Trump and the First Lady Testing Positive for COVID-19

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Jonathan Martin of The New York Times joins Bakari to react to the late-breaking news that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Jonathan Martin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.

0:07.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:15.0

All right, all right, let's go.

0:20.0

And welcome to another episode of the Bakari Sellers podcast.

0:23.8

I hope you guys checked out our debate show recap, the instant reaction with myself and

0:29.6

Angela Ry and Andrew Gillum.

0:31.8

My next episode has Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester from the great

0:37.0

state of Delaware, but today we're having one of my very good friends in somewhat of an

0:41.4

emergency pod because of the news of the morning.

0:45.2

I wanted to go and get the best reporter I could find.

0:48.2

They were all busy.

0:49.2

So I have Jonathan Martin with us today on the Bakari Sellers podcast.

0:53.8

J Mart from the New York Times, what's going on my brother?

0:57.2

I was the eighth phone call you made, but I could talk.

0:59.8

But at least you picked it up.

1:01.7

Everybody else went the voicemail

1:03.5

thank you so much for joining us let's get started let's get some background real

1:06.6

quick on this story because it broke late last night my friends on the west coast

1:10.3

don't even know what happened when do we know that the president and the

1:13.8

first lady tested positive and what are the protocols now for the White House

1:18.0

and the Trump campaign? How do you campaign while quarantining? Well we didn't

1:21.3

find out until about one in the morning last

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Ringer, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Ringer and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.