You may be the first president in history to go down because you can't stop

inappropriately talking about an investigation. I can definitively say the

president's final liar. I think it's frankly insulting that that question would be asked.

Up to now we have no profiles in courage among the Republicans. Somebody really

speaking, I'm saying Trump is bad to the country.

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast. The show about President Donald Trump, the new

gravitational force that defines our politics. I'm Jim Elbuy, Slate's chief

political correspondent and your host for today's show. On Tuesday Virginia

Democrats nominated a candidate for governor. They chose Ralph Northam, the

sitting lieutenant governor, over Tom Perry, L.O., a former congressman and

self-described pragmatic populist. Both were in vigorous progressive campaigns,

but Northam, with his strong ties to the state party and deep relationships

with Democratic lawmakers, prevailed. Virginia Republicans also chose a candidate

for governor. Former Republican National Committee chair at Gillespie, who

nearly toppled Mark Warner in the state's 2014 Senate race. But Gillespie, the

favorite, expected to score an easy victory, barely crossed the finish line,

squeaking by with just a few thousand votes to spare. Who nearly toppled Gillespie in

an upset that would have upended the gubernatorial race? Cory Stewart, the

Minnesota-born conservative who slogan, Take Back Virginia, captured the core of

his campaign. He was running as a Trump-like figure, railing against illegal

immigration, transgender bathrooms, and other Republicans slamming the

Missile Outs. He centered his campaign on an aggressive defense of Virginia's

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