What to make of the Republican presidential hopefuls

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The race for the Republican nomination for US president is expanding. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is throwing his hat in the ring, as has long been expected. Donald Trump is still dominating the field and he’s already spent millions attacking DeSantis. Trey Grayson is a former Kentucky Republican Secretary of State and was also the head of Harvard’s Institute of Politics. He’s now a practicing attorney and tells Christiane what this field of presidential hopefuls tells us about the Republican Party and its priorities. Also on today's show: Reality Winner, former enlisted US Air Force member and NSA translator who made headlines in 2017 after being arrested on charges of leaking classified information to the media. Now, her story is told in the new HBO film Reality directed by Tina Satter. Reality is now on supervised release in Corpus Christi, Texas. She joins Christiane along with Tina to discuss the new film. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	Donald Trump has company as Ron DeSantis joins the other Republican hopefuls.
0:15.0	How will their presidential primary shape up?
0:18.0	Republican Trade Grayson, former Kentucky Secretary of State joins me then.
0:22.0	I don't think you're a big bad master spy. Kentucky Secretary of State joins me then.
0:22.5	I don't think you're a big bad master spy.
0:27.9	I think you just messed up.
0:31.1	Reality, the complex story of NSA Whistleblower reality winner. Plus, one year of heartbreak
0:37.9	and anguish, 19 children were among the 21 shot to death at their school in Yuvalde and the parents of one of the survivors tells us how the town and the children have changed, perhaps forever.
0:51.0	And finally, If there were no sides at all
0:57.0	Superstar singer Brian Adams joins me with his peace anthem. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in New York and here in the
1:19.6	United States the race for the Republican nomination for president is expanding.
1:24.6	The Florida governor Ron Desantis is throwing his hat in the ring as has long been expected.
1:29.8	Donald Trump is still dominating the field and he's already spent millions attacking
1:34.7	DeSantis.
1:35.7	So what does this all tell us about the party and its priorities?
1:40.0	Trey Grayson is a former Kentucky Republican Secretary of State
1:43.7	and was also head of Harvard's Institute of Politics.
1:47.0	He's now a practicing attorney who's written recently
1:50.4	about the need to protect poll workers and he's joining me now from Cincinnati, Ohio.
1:56.0	Welcome to the program, Mr. Grayson.
2:00.0	Thanks for having me.
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