Trump Wakes Up Shaking
The Mother Jones Podcast
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🗓️ 7 November 2018
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On this late-breaking episode: How to understand this historic night as the political makeup of the country is being written in real-time—like, as we record. Despite some big losses and reports of long lines at the polls, the Democrats had a huge night. D.C. Bureau chief David Corn and reporter Pema Levy join us from Washington to discuss some of the midterm's highest highs and lowest lows. Ari Berman, our resident voting rights expert, and senior reporter Tim Murphy discuss voter suppression, which politicians to watch, and what's next for America. Settle in as host Jamilah King guides you through one of the most exciting political events since that fated night in 2016.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the special election night edition of the Mother Jones podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Jamila King in New York. |
| 0:07.0 | What a night night. |
| 0:15.0 | night. |
| 0:16.0 | As we record after eight years in the legislative wilderness, |
| 0:20.0 | the Democrats have seized control of the House of Representatives, setting and play the next chapter in American public life, one that suddenly presents an array of possibilities to check the power of the Trump presidency. |
| 0:33.5 | On this episode, how to understand this historic night |
| 0:37.4 | as the political makeup of the country |
| 0:39.3 | is being written in real time, even now, |
| 0:41.9 | as we record late Tuesday night. |
| 0:44.4 | American politics never ceases to bring the drama every step of the way. |
| 0:49.6 | How this nail-biting election played out as the size and shape of the coming blue takeover of the house |
| 0:56.1 | first appeared hazy. |
| 0:57.6 | To say, when you look at what's going on here tonight, this is not a blue wave. |
| 1:01.9 | I don't think we're seeing some massive blue wave. |
| 1:04.7 | There was some hope that the Democrats would have a wave election. |
| 1:07.4 | It's not gonna be a wave election. |
| 1:09.1 | Then took shape. |
| 1:10.0 | The Fox News decision desk can now project that Democrats will take control of the House of |
| 1:14.8 | Representatives for the first time in eight years. |
| 1:17.5 | We can now officially project that the Democrats will take control of the house. |
| 1:22.6 | This is a very significant defeat for Mr. Trump, |
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