The Mar-a-Lago Midterms

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🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Unlike other former presidents after leaving office, Donald J. Trump has remained in the middle of the political stage — raising more money than the Republican Party itself and doling out coveted endorsements. Who has Mr. Trump backed in the midterms? And to what lengths have candidates gone to secure his favor? Guest: Shane Goldmacher, a national political reporter for The New York Times.

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0:31.9	From New York Times, I'm Michael Vavaro.
0:34.5	This is a date.
0:43.7	A series of closely watched primary elections starting today in Ohio will be the first big
0:51.0	test of Donald Trump's hold on the Republican Party since he lost reelection.
0:58.1	My colleague Shane Goldmacher has been tracking Trump's midterm endorsements and the extraordinary
1:05.8	lengths that candidates have gone to win them.
1:14.7	This Tuesday, May 3rd.
1:22.4	Shane, what exactly is former President Trump's role in the 2022 midterm elections?
1:28.4	These Republican primary races that really start in earnest this week.
1:34.8	Well, what I found is that what Trump is doing is just frankly unprecedented.
1:40.1	He lost the 2020 election and instead of exiting the political stage, he's very much remained
1:46.7	in the middle of it.
1:48.2	You think of old past presidents and they really don't play a big role immediately after
1:52.9	their presidency and trying to shape the politics of their party.
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