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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Trump corruption backlash emerges as key election issue; Democrats plan for accountability

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

MS NOW, Jen Psaki

News, Ms Now, Versant, Politics, Versant Media

4.4974 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump's corruption and greed have reached a tipping point with the American public to become a campaign focus for many Democratic candidates. Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor to President Obama, talks with Jen Psaki about the politics and also how Democrats can ensure justice is served as Trump's protective power slips.

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0:00.0

It is no secret, you probably all feel this way, that the people of this country are completely

0:07.0

pissed off right now. And it's one thing to see that reflected in polls. It's one thing to see it

0:11.4

reflected in special election, after special election, which we certainly do. But it's always

0:16.2

especially striking to see it on these huge days of protests all around the country.

0:21.8

This was rally North Carolina today.

0:23.8

Big crowds of people, many of them public school teachers and educators who came in from all

0:28.2

across the state of North Carolina to rally for what they called kids over corporations,

0:33.3

demanding more money for public education.

0:35.8

And you might be thinking to yourself, wait, it's Friday.

0:39.1

How could there be so many teachers there on a school day? Well, there was no school for many in North

0:43.5

Carolina today. At least 11 school districts across the state of North Carolina were closed,

0:47.6

closed because both teachers and students decided to walk out as part of this big May Day protest.

0:53.0

And that was sort of the theme across

0:54.7

the country today, no work, no school, no shopping. And across the country, people in all kinds of

0:59.9

jobs refused to show up for work or school to demand that this country start putting workers over

1:04.8

billionaires. Now, Mayday has been around for a long time. It's been a long been a day of protest and

1:10.0

support of organized labor and working people. But this

1:12.7

year in the United States, labor unions

1:14.7

and progressive groups, they

1:16.4

stepped it all up, banding together

1:18.8

with the organizers of the No Kings protests

1:20.8

for a nationwide demonstration

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