Weekly Roundup: March 25, 2022

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🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On a four-day trip through Europe, President Biden is sending the message that the US and allies are united in their response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But a month after the invasion began, it's not clear that diplomatic pressures are working to deter Russia's aggression.

Also, Clarence Thomas's wife Ginni Thomas repeatedly urged then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The news is sparking questions about whether the Supreme Court justice should recuse himself from future cases related to the January 6 insurrection.

This episode: Congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, State Department correspondent Michele Kelemen, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

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0:00.0	This is Andrew Thompson in Miami Beach, Florida, and I am sitting on the beach
0:05.7	enjoying one last warning of spring break. This podcast is recorded at 1.08 pm on
0:13.4	Friday, March 25th. Things may have changed by the time you hear it. I'll be
0:18.2	back in Indiana and PA school once again. All right, here's the show.
0:23.4	We didn't Miami declare a state of emergency about spring break because it's been so
0:31.1	insane and violent and terrible. People are pent up. They need that spring break.
0:35.4	I need that spring break. Yes, I am looking forward to mine. Hey there, it's the
0:40.0	MPR Politics podcast Susan Davis, I cover Congress. And I'm Tamer Keith. I cover
0:45.0	the White House. And we also have Michelle Kellerman who covers the State
0:48.2	Department and diplomacy for MPR. Hey, Michelle. Hi everyone. Tam, you're joining
0:53.0	us from Poland, where President Biden has been on a European swing meeting with
0:57.1	NATO allies about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Biden spoke to reporters
1:01.4	yesterday in Brussels. NATO has never, never been more united than it is today.
1:07.5	Putin is getting exactly the opposite what he intended to have as a
1:13.0	consequence of going into Ukraine. Tam from the start of the conflict, the
1:17.0	Biden administration has been really clear. Its focus has been keeping NATO allies
1:21.7	united so far. That seems like it's been a success. Well, that has been the
1:27.8	message of this trip. If there is one word that is the buzz word that the Biden
1:32.8	administration wants us using, it is unity. And they certainly got that picture
1:37.4	yesterday, right? They got it repeatedly. They got what's known as a family
1:41.3	photo where the leaders of NATO stood side by side, you know, showing their
1:48.2	unity. Then there was a family photo with the G7 leaders, the leading economies,
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