The Plan to Discredit the Florida Recount

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🗓️ 14 November 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Republicans, seeking to secure the party’s majority and agenda in the Senate, are determined to delegitimize the statewide recount underway in Florida. We look at what Democrats have learned since the last time Republicans used that strategy. Guests: Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, and Jeremy W. Peters, who covers politics for The Times and is reporting on the recount from Tallahassee. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.7	This is the Daily.
0:36.0	Today, national Republicans are determined to discredit the statewide recon underway in Florida
0:47.9	as illegitimate and fraudulent.
0:51.2	Democrats have learned from the last time Republicans use that strategy.
0:59.5	It's Wednesday, November 14th.
1:05.7	Do we have Tallahassee?
1:06.7	Sorry, yeah.
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1:08.7	Oh, it's Jeremy.
1:09.7	Hey, Jeremy.
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1:12.7	How are you?
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