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The Conversation with Dasha Burns

The White House's nickname for President Trump

The Conversation with Dasha Burns

POLITICO

News, Politics, Government

4.01.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

White House staffers have been using an.... interesting nickname for President Trump. Maybe a reference to his love for skyscrapers? Who can say? White House reporter Nancy Cook spills. Then reporter Rachael Bade shares some behind the scenes tape that shows the different sides of vulnerable House republicans. Who they are depends on who is listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's episode is sponsored by AARP.

0:03.0

Trump flipped Ohio in 2016. Can Democrats flip it back?

0:08.0

The latest issue of the deciders examines voters over 50 in Ohio and what's driving their vote.

0:14.6

Visit politico.com slash the deciders to learn more.

0:19.6

Hello listeners, welcome to another edition of Politico's Nerdcast.

0:23.0

I'm Scott Bland, your host.

0:25.0

This week on Nerdcast is Me Too fully politicized because of Brett Kavanaugh.

0:37.0

Plus, we're going to talk through the double lives of vulnerable House Republicans

0:41.0

and what they're saying behind closed doors and what they're

0:43.8

saying in front of TV audiences in their district.

0:48.5

Before we begin, some news we're excited to share.

0:50.6

Nerdcast will again be on stage at Politicom, the conference or political junkies,

0:55.3

later this month, it's in Los Angeles, it's on October 20th and 21st, and we hope that we can see you there.

1:01.4

And a reminder, stay tuned for the end of the show today for a contribution

1:05.5

from one of the nerd cast biggest fans. All right, let's get started. I'm going to welcome our first

1:10.5

guest, Nancy Cook from Politica's White House team.

1:13.0

Hi Nancy.

1:13.7

Hey, thanks for having me.

1:14.8

Good to have you here as always.

1:16.0

We're going to dive right into our first data point

1:18.8

and part of a big story that Nancy wrote recently,

1:22.0

and that's 55. 55% of women polled by

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