Senator Mitch McConnell

The New Washington

The New York Times

News, Politics

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The Senate majority leader has had a challenging few weeks. The Republican from Kentucky spoke to Carl Hulse about his complicated relationship with the president, why the Democrats didn’t strike as good of a spending deal as they let on and his non-reaction to Steve Bannon’s attacks.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, this is the new Washington. I'm Michael Barbaro. Today,
0:05.8	Senator Mitch McConnell.
0:08.5	Our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny President Obama a second term.
0:13.4	You think Donald Trump can win?
0:15.4	I do.
0:16.4	Are you going to support him?
0:17.4	I know.
0:18.4	The next president, whoever that may be, is going to be the person who chooses the next
0:22.3	Supreme Court justice.
0:23.5	Nevertheless, she persisted.
0:25.9	There's only one way to truly fix Obamacare, only one way,
0:29.5	and that's a full repeal.
0:31.4	So Mr. President, this is clearly a disappointing moment. When you have the White House,
0:37.0	the most important member of your party is the person in the white of them.
0:47.0	Did you see my quarter out of it? I said it actually.
0:50.0	Three hundred fifty yards passing, 135 yards running, counted for six touchdowns.
0:57.0	500 yards, so it walked in one place.
1:01.0	Carl Holtz, who did you talk to this week?
1:04.0	Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, and of course the Senate majority leader.
1:10.0	Well, they worked on the off season about staying under center more and going through its progression.
1:20.0	Big supporter of the University of Louisville Sports, the football team he follows
1:25.8	them religiously.
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