Trump v DeSantis
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
As the midterm results continue to come in, the Americast team are back together in Washington DC taking a closer look at the rivalry between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump.
And long-time Republican donor for the Trump campaign Dan K Eberhart tells the team why he thinks the party should move in a different direction following the midterms.
Americast is presented by North America editor Sarah Smith, Today presenter Justin Webb, the BBC's Social Media and Disinformation Correspondent Marianna Spring and North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher.
Find out more about our ‘undercover voters’ here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62742687
Email Americast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, to +443301239480
This episode is made by Phil Marzouk and Alix Pickles. The studio director is Emma Crowe. The assistant editor is Louisa Lewis. The senior news editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Justin, Mariana, you're still here in Washington with us. |
| 0:07.4 | This is fantastic that we can record another episode with all of us here. |
| 0:11.3 | And to me, of course, in the studio in Washington as well, all four of us together. |
| 0:15.7 | Not for long, though. |
| 0:16.7 | We're going to be going back, list. |
| 0:18.2 | Mariana and I are going to be going back soon. |
| 0:20.7 | And well, back to what... |
| 0:23.1 | Do we call it the London headquarters of America? |
| 0:25.5 | Is this the branch office? |
| 0:26.8 | Oh, don't even start. |
| 0:29.5 | Well, anyway, we're going back and we're sad about it. |
| 0:32.2 | And it's been very exciting seeing DC for the first time, |
| 0:35.8 | along with the undercover voters. |
| 0:37.4 | They're now safely stayed away in my suitcase, including Gabriella. |
| 0:41.0 | So that's really good news. |
| 0:42.4 | And when he's saying, |
| 0:43.7 | we had quite a sightseeing event, actually. |
| 0:47.2 | We really did. |
| 0:47.8 | I mean, it was a big deal. |
| 0:49.0 | And people were looking at us at the end partly |
| 0:51.3 | because we were shouting about people |
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