Weekly Roundup: Trump on the Hill, older voters in Florida
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
And voters over 50 are an essential part of both candidates' strategies. We traveled to Florida to speak with them about the issues they care about most.
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| 0:56.0 | I'm Asmachala, I cover the White House. |
| 0:57.8 | I'm Frank Ordunha, I cover the campaign. |
| 1:00.0 | And I'm Deirdre Walsh, I cover Congress. |
| 1:02.1 | And we begin our Friday roundup today |
| 1:04.2 | with the news of Donald Trump's visit to Capitol Hill |
| 1:06.9 | this week. |
| 1:07.6 | It was his first trip there since the January 6th riot. |
| 1:11.2 | And Deardre, I want to begin with you because you cover a Congress. Tell |
| 1:14.7 | us a bit about what this visit was for, what was the purpose of it? Well top |
| 1:19.4 | congressional Republicans said they invited Trump to talk about planning their agenda for 2025. |
| 1:26.4 | Obviously Republican leaders are hoping to retake control of the Senate, grow their |
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