The GOP Meltdown Over Hunter's Conviction
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🗓️ 12 June 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Dan and The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell break down the chaotic Republican response to the Hunter Biden news and what the conviction might mean for the Biden campaign, which of Donald Trump’s rumored VP picks scare them the most, and the latest from Tuesday’s primaries.
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to Pot Save America, I'm Dan Fifer. And I'm Sarah Longwell. |
| 0:23.4 | On today's show, we're going to talk about 100 Biden's conviction |
| 0:25.8 | and what it might mean for the president and the campaign. |
| 0:28.2 | We're going to go through the results of last night's primaries, |
| 0:30.6 | and we're going to talk about where we see the presidential race |
| 0:32.3 | just two weeks after |
| 0:33.5 | Trump's conviction. With me to discuss all of this is the incredible Sarah Longwell, |
| 0:37.5 | host of the amazing focus group podcast, publisher of the Bullwork, Sarah is going to share with us |
| 0:42.0 | some of what she's seeing in our focus groups with Trump photos, |
| 0:44.2 | Sarah. Welcome back to Pod Save America. |
| 0:46.2 | Hey, thanks for having me. I love doing this. It's so good to have you. This is going to be, we have |
| 0:50.9 | lot to talk about today. |
| 0:53.0 | Just another episode, another conviction. |
| 0:54.9 | So that's sort of where we are in 2024. |
| 0:57.4 | Yeah, lots of people getting convicted these days. |
| 0:59.9 | That's right. |
| 1:00.3 | Okay. |
| 1:01.2 | Yesterday a jury in Delaware found Hunter Biden guilty of lying about his drug use when purchasing a gun and possessing a gun while using illegal drugs. Both are felonies. He could theoretically face up to 25 years in prison, |
| 1:13.0 | but sentencing guidelines suggest he's likely to get much less. |
| 1:15.6 | In fact, maybe no prison at all. |
| 1:17.7 | Hunter still faces another federal trial in California |
| 1:19.8 | for allegedly failing to pay taxes. |
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