The McConnell effect

Impeachment, Explained

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Politics, News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The Senate trial is officially underway. What’s happened so far? How will the trial proceed from here on out? And will any Republicans defect? Vox’s Li Zhou has the answers. Then Andrew Prokop and I talk Mitch McConnell: who he is, what motivates him, how he amassed so much power, and what his actions reveal about the underlying forces driving American politics. Contrary to much of the rhetoric on the left, McConnell is not the source of our political dysfunction; he is merely a manifestation of the dysfunction that already exists. References: Andrew Prokop's profile of Mitch McConnell Host(s): Ezra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, Vox Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior politics correspondent, Vox Guests: Li Zhou (@lizhou), Politics and policy reporter, Vox Andrew Prokop (@awprokop), Senior politics correspondent, Vox Want to contact the show? Reach out at [email protected] Ezra's book is available for pre-order! You can find it at www.EzraKlein.com You can subscribe to Ezra's other podcast The Ezra Klein Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts Credits: Producer, Engineer, Editor - Jeff Geld Researcher - Roge Karma EP - Liz Nelson Theme music composed by Jon Natchez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.4	We are here, sir, because President Trump corruptly abused his power and then he tried to cover it up.
0:39.0	And we are here, sir, to follow the facts, apply the law, be guided by the Constitution, and
0:46.4	present the truth to the American people.
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1:00.0	Kline, and this is impeachment explained.
1:10.0	This is a week the Senate trial actually began.
1:12.0	We are here in the end game of impeachment.
1:15.4	We've been hearing from the House managers, from the President's defense team. A tremendous amount has gone on,
1:20.1	and I think we've seen with a real clarity what the case looks like and the
1:24.7	disparity in how the two parties are treating it. As it happens, because things are
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