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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, October 11

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

President Trump warned at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night that if his party loses in November's midterm elections, the "radical Democrat mob" will take away everything he has achieved since his election. Senator Mitch McConnell continues to echo those words. Plus, we look at non-voters and what it would mean if they got out to vote. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political reporter Asma Khalid, Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, and political editor Domenico Montanaro. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Marianne in Orlando, Florida.

0:02.4

I registered to vote at my new address with the help of vote.org.

0:05.9

And today, I got my new voter registration card in the mail.

0:10.4

This podcast was recorded at 2.19 pm on Thursday 11th of October.

0:16.0

Things may have changed by the time you hear it.

0:18.4

All right, here's the show.

0:19.7

I registered a vote.

0:48.2

I'm a Shorosco.

0:49.2

I also covered the White House.

0:50.8

I'm Kelsey Snell, I cover Congress.

0:52.4

And I'm Dominican Montero political editor.

0:54.5

So let's take a second and listen to the president.

0:58.5

You don't hand matches to an arsonist.

1:02.7

And you don't give power to an angry left-wing mob.

1:07.2

And that's what they become.

1:11.3

Aisha, you and I both went to rallies this past week and heard that very phrase.

1:16.7

Yes, yes.

1:17.8

It is a new favorite from him.

1:20.6

And he's also been tweeting about it.

1:22.6

You want to do the honors?

1:23.8

You don't hand matches to an arsonist and you don't give power to an angry left-wing

1:28.6

mob.

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