Tim Scott, The Debt Ceiling and the NAACP: With April Ryan and Tara Setmayer

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the beauty shop. Michael is joined by April Ryan and Tara Setmayer for a discussion on current events and politics. They discuss Tim Scott's campaign, the role he is playing and how he's attempted to win over the GOP. They also discuss the tropes the GOP uses to attract Black voters, Biden's debt ceiling negotiations and the NAACP's travel advisory.

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April Ryan is a political analyst and reporter for The Grio, the longest-serving Black female White House correspondent and the author of “Black Women Will Save the World.”

Tara Setmayer is a former CNN political commentator, Senior Advisor at The Lincoln Project and host of the live show "The Breakdown.”

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0:00.0	Well folks, we've got one for you this week.
0:02.8	I took a little detour in the normal travels of the day
0:07.2	and landed at the old Benning Road beauty shop,
0:13.2	where my mom used to get her hair did as a young lady back in the day.
0:17.4	And I sat there in the side room,
0:20.2	listened to the ladies and watching the hair get quaffed
0:24.8	and put in place.
0:27.0	I'm excited to welcome two sisters that I love dearly
0:31.7	and enjoy having conversation with
0:34.8	April Ryan, political analyst, amazing reporter,
0:40.2	the longest serving black female White House correspondent
0:43.4	with 25-year tenure, spanning five presidential administrations.
0:49.7	She is also the author of Black Women Will Save the World.
0:54.4	She joins the conversation with Tara Setmeyer, former CNN commentator,
1:01.2	senior advisor at the Lincoln Project, and host of the live show,
1:05.6	the breakdown. She's also a resident scholar at the University of Virginia.
1:12.2	Both of them breakdown Tim Scott, breakdown,
1:17.2	a number of hot topics for us, including the debt ceiling,
1:23.6	and of course the NAACP warning about Florida.
1:28.7	We're going to get into all of that right here in the Michael still podcast,
1:31.7	where we go into the beauty shop right after this.
1:43.7	Hey everybody, welcome to the beauty shop.
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