The “House Speaker John Lewis” Edition

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🗓️ 15 November 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Emily Bazelon, David Plotz, and John Dickerson discuss unfounded allegations of fraud in the Florida recount, decisions facing House Democrats about their leadership and agenda, and the lawsuit challenging Trump’s unprecedented appointment of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus. Twitter: @SlateGabfest Facebook: facebook.com/Gabfest Email: gabfest@slate.com Show notes at slate.com/gabfest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gap Fest for November 15th, 2018.
0:10.0	The House Speaker John Lewis edition I'm David Plots about with Obscura.
0:14.0	I'm in Washington DC and you know who's with me?
0:18.0	Guess who? It's John Dickerson.
0:20.0	John of CBS this morning. Why are you down here? It's so nice.
0:24.0	I'm so happy to be with you. I'm down here to interview Cindy McCain.
0:28.0	That's the first time she's been interviewed since Senator McCain died.
0:32.0	I'm going to rush off after I'm with you too and go talk to her.
0:36.0	That's great. Well it's lovely to see you. You look good. You've seen in the pink.
0:40.0	I'm glad to see all those months away in New York. You haven't lost weight.
0:44.0	You've good color. That's good. I'm glad. No wasting diseases.
0:48.0	Your teeth are straight. That's good. Emily Bazlon is in New Haven.
0:52.0	New York Times magazine. Hello, Emily. Hello. Hello. I'm enjoying your reunion.
0:56.0	Even though I'm not there for it. On this week's show it was a blue wave.
1:00.0	We will talk about why the last week of election results have cheered Democrats.
1:04.0	And also how the recounts in Florida are turning into a referendum on democratic elections.
1:10.0	Trust and democratic elections. Faith and democracy.
1:14.0	Then we'll Nancy Pelosi be speaker of the House. We'll House Democrats in Peach President Trump.
1:18.0	The two big questions facing the new Democratic majority in the House.
1:22.0	We'll have a grapple with both of them.
1:24.0	And then the crazy saga of Matt Whitaker.
1:28.0	The sort of maybe possibly Attorney General of the United States.
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