Weekly Roundup: Thursday, May 30

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.4 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

President Trump responded to special counsel Robert Mueller's statement and the team discusses the politics surrounding calls for impeachment proceedings. The Democratic National Committee released new rules for getting on stage for the debates in September. This episode: political correspondent Scott Detrow, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, political editor Domenico Montanaro and political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Deborah Davis from Cedar City, Utah, and I am on my way to Washington, D.C. to see my niece, Clara, compete in the script's national spelling bee.
0:11.5	This podcast was recorded at 210 Eastern on Thursday, May 30th.
0:16.7	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:19.3	Keep up with all the political coverage at npr.org, the NPR-1 app, or your local radio station.
0:26.5	Alright, here's the SHOW.
0:32.5	I would get that right in the first round. Good job.
0:34.5	Full show.
0:35.5	There. It's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Scott Detro, I cover politics.
0:40.5	I get to go second. Yeah. I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.
0:45.5	I'm Dominican Montanero, political editor.
0:47.5	And I'm Danielle Kurtz-Layman, political reporter.
0:49.5	Wow, it's crazy that we all cover politics here in the politics podcast.
0:52.5	What? Spell Kurtz-Layman, go.
0:56.5	K-U-R-T-Z-L-E-E-B-E-N.
0:58.5	You have the scripted part of you.
1:00.5	Alright.
1:01.5	So, yesterday we had a podcast all about Robert Mueller appearing like the Lorax and making a statement for the first time.
1:10.5	The Lorax?
1:12.5	At the end of the Lorax when he's like in seclusion and doesn't come out anymore.
1:15.5	I speak for the tree. Oh, okay. Okay, I see what you're saying.
1:18.5	He's a reclusive figure. I got that.
1:20.5	So, we talked about Robert Mueller. We talked about what could come next on impeachment.
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