"This isn't a normal world." The Reporters' Roundtable-May 24, 2024
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🗓️ 24 May 2024
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Nikki Endorses Trump. Alito Flag Scandal. Voting Rights Fail. Assassinate Trump BS. Trump Trial Political Fallout. Libertarians and Trump. Border Bill Fails Again. With Maya King, New York Times Politics Reporter covering The South, David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA TODAY and Jeff Dufour, Editor-in-chief at the National Journal.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, good friends on this Friday morning, May 24. |
| 0:10.3 | Welcome back to the Bill Press pod and welcome to this week's Reporters Roundtable. |
| 0:15.1 | Looking back at the news of the week with three of Washington's top political reporters. |
| 0:20.2 | Well, not much on the congressional front |
| 0:22.2 | this week, but still a lot of crazy stuff going on. For those who expected Nikki Haley to be the |
| 0:29.1 | last best hope against Donald Trump, forget about it. She joined the ranks of former Trump |
| 0:35.0 | opponents to kiss the ring this week, which Trump probably |
| 0:38.9 | learned about while sitting in the courtroom on the last day of his trial. |
| 0:43.5 | Arguments are over. |
| 0:44.9 | Now it's up to the jury, and we may know in a week whether he walks out of that courthouse a candidate |
| 0:50.3 | only or a convicted felon. |
| 0:53.8 | But unlike at Samuel Alito's house, at least the American |
| 0:57.3 | flag over the New York courthouse was still flying right side up. And no, the FBI insists |
| 1:04.5 | they did not raid Mar-a-Lago under orders from Joe Biden to assassinate Donald Trump. |
| 1:12.0 | As I told you, it's been pretty crazy out there this week. |
| 1:15.5 | So let's try to put it all in perspective with today's panel. |
| 1:20.3 | Joining us, Maya King, New York Times, a political reporter covering the South based in Atlanta. |
| 1:27.2 | Hello, Maya. |
| 1:28.5 | Hi, Bill. |
| 1:29.4 | Good to have you back. |
| 1:30.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:31.1 | David Jackson, National Political Correspondent for USA Today and a regular guest on the roundtable. |
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