4.6 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2017
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:03.2 | I fear that the Senate, I would be defending no longer exists. |
| 0:10.2 | It breaks my heart to find us in this position. |
| 0:13.2 | He's a picture of the kind of justice we should have on the Supreme Court. |
| 0:18.2 | I cannot support this nomination. |
| 0:28.2 | Hello and welcome to Trumpcast. |
| 0:30.2 | The show about the man who gave a warmer reception to Egypt's military dictator than to Germany's democratically elected chancellor. |
| 0:39.2 | That would be Donald Trump. |
| 0:41.2 | And I'm Jacob Weisberg, back from a week off, not at all-tan, at best partially rested, but totally ready to talk about the fight over the Neil Gorsuch nomination. |
| 0:52.2 | This has turned into a big strategic issue for the Democrats. |
| 0:57.2 | They're almost certainly not going to be able to block Gorsuch's confirmation. |
| 1:01.2 | But Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, has decided that it makes sense to filibuster at anyhow. |
| 1:07.2 | And that will likely result in the nuclear option, the end of the Senate filibuster for all future Supreme Court nominees. |
| 1:16.2 | Is that a good idea? |
| 1:19.2 | And are there any good reasons beyond just payback for the Republican blockade of Merrick Arlin to vote against Gorsuch? |
| 1:26.2 | I'll be back to ask legal legal Emily Baslan, what she'd do right after we do the tweets. |
| 1:37.2 | When will sleepy eye Chuck Todd and NBC News start talking about the Obama surveillance scandal? |
| 1:46.2 | And stop with the fake Trump Russia story. |
| 1:51.2 | It is the same fake news media that said there is no path to victory for Trump that is now pushing the phony Russia story a total scam. |
| 2:09.2 | Anybody, especially the fake news media, who thinks that repeal and replace of Obamacare is dead? |
| 2:20.2 | Does that know the love and strength of our party? |
| 2:26.2 | Was the brother of John Podesta paid big money to get the sanctions on Russia lifted? Did Hillary know? |
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