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Trump Loses Immunity, Johnson Loses Control

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News, Politics

4.587.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

A vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fails and Republicans turn on each other over the border fight. Nikki Haley loses Nevada to “none of the above.” And the DC circuit court rules against Trump’s pitch that he’s not beholden to federal laws. Politico congressional correspondent Daniella Diaz, Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston, and Strict Scrutiny co-host Kate Shaw join to walk through the latest.

 

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0:00.0

The Welcome to Ponzave America. I'm John Lovett. On today's show,

0:22.6

Nicki Haley loses the Nevada primary to none of the above

0:25.6

and legendary Nevada political reporter John Ralston stops by to help explain

0:28.9

what happened and what it means for November.

0:31.0

Strict scrutiny's Kate Shaw breaks down a federal court's ruling that eviscerates Trump's

0:34.8

claim he is above the law and not subject to criminal prosecution.

0:38.6

But first, yesterday House Republicans plan to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

0:43.7

for the high crime of overseeing policies they don't like and they wanted to move forward

0:46.9

on a cynical standalone funding bill for Israel as a way to avoid providing the aid Ukraine needs

0:51.1

to avoid losing the war.

0:52.7

Despite the legislative genius of speaker,

0:54.4

just think about baseball, Mike Johnson,

0:56.2

both efforts failed.

0:57.6

Joining us now is Daniela Diaz congressional reporter

1:00.0

at Politico and author of their newsletter

1:01.5

inside Congress.

1:02.3

Daniel, welcome back to Ponce of America.

1:04.8

Thank you for having me on this crazy week.

1:07.4

Danielle, first of all, I understand that you're in Virginia at the House Democratic

1:12.4

retreat today. I don't know if that's like a

1:15.3

spa thing if there are sound baths, but what's the mood and what are Democrats

1:19.2

saying right now? I mean it's hard to overstate how giddy they are that they have this

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