Senator Christopher Coons on why he prays for President Trump
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The Washington Post
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🗓️ 16 May 2017
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Jonathan Kapart and welcome to Cape Up. |
| 0:06.0 | Senator Chris Coons is Troubled. |
| 0:09.0 | Troubled about the firing of FBI Director James Comi. Troubled about the |
| 0:14.0 | potential for obstruction of justice, |
| 0:16.2 | troubled about what President Trump means for our democracy. |
| 0:20.1 | I've put more time in prayer than perhaps I had before. |
| 0:24.4 | And you can hear the rest of what the Delaware Democrat has to say right now. |
| 0:28.8 | Senator Coons, thank you very much for being on the podcast. |
| 0:35.0 | Thanks, Jonathan. |
| 0:36.0 | At the press briefing, Sean Spicer, the White House Press Secretary once again refused to |
| 0:41.6 | confirm or deny that the dinner with then FBI director James |
| 0:47.4 | Komi was indeed recorded. One, what do you make of the fact that the president put out that tweet saying he better hope there are no quote tapes? |
| 0:56.0 | And two, the idea that the White House Press Secretary just simply will not confirm or deny it. |
| 1:02.0 | Well, there's a couple things going on here, Jonathan. simply will not confirm or deny it. |
| 1:03.0 | Well, there's a couple things going on here, Jonathan. |
| 1:04.8 | First, Sean Spicer may not know. |
| 1:07.4 | The relationship that he has with President Trump |
| 1:09.6 | is clearly getting strained by the frequency with which he goes out and asserts things with great |
| 1:15.4 | intensity and sincerity that the president then rolls back within a matter of hours or days. |
| 1:21.2 | Second, it's shocking that President Trump was threatening the former |
| 1:26.0 | FBI director by casually mentioning that there might be tapes. He better hope I |
| 1:31.3 | think the tweet went that that conversation wasn't recorded. |
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