What Next - Rep Jayapal Says the Biden Coalition is 'Fractured'
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🗓️ 7 March 2024
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Summary
With Biden trailing Trump in the polls and thousands of Democrats casting votes for “uncommitted” in the primaries, can the president make his case for a second term to frustrated progressives at the State of the Union?
Guest: Pramila Jayapal, U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district and the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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| 0:25.0 | Soul traders or limited company directors in the UK can apply. I love talking politics, but when I sit down to watch the State of the Union tonight, |
| 0:42.6 | there is going to be one thing going through my head. |
| 0:45.9 | This could have been an email. |
| 0:50.0 | For years, that's how the State of the Union worked. |
| 0:53.0 | Well, not an email. It was a letter. |
| 0:55.5 | That's how Thomas Jefferson delivered his constitutionally mandated update. |
| 1:00.0 | But in 1913, Woodrow Wilson delivered his remarks in person, and for better or for worse, the tradition has stuck. |
| 1:10.0 | In recent years, this event has become known less for the policy priorities it articulates, |
| 1:14.6 | then for the memes it inspires. |
| 1:18.3 | Remember when a GOP congressman interrupted Barack Obama and called him a liar. |
| 1:23.6 | Remember when Nancy Pelosi ripped up Donald Trump's speech? |
| 1:27.6 | Last year it was Marjorie Taylor Green, who made news |
| 1:31.3 | for crowing at Biden in a dramatic white coat. |
| 1:35.8 | Anyway, I've been wondering what it's going to be like in the room this evening, |
| 1:39.2 | bracing myself for this year's outbursts. So I called up someone who knows. |
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