White House Hits Back on Threat of Court-Packing: 'A Disaster for Our Country'

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🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Today on the podcast, The Daily Signal's executive editor, Rob Bluey, interviews Brian Morganstern, the White House's deputy communications director. They discuss President Donald Trump's health; the COVID-19 pandemic; liberals' threat to pack the Supreme Court; and next week's Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the president's third nominee to the high court.

We also cover these stories:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi makes a curious comment that "we’re going to be talking about the 25th Amendment"--which addresses what happens when the president is incapacitated.
The FBI charges six men for plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
What do voters think of adding more justices to the nine-member Supreme Court? A new poll suggests that almost half aren’t fans.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, October 9th. I'm Rachel Deltreuse.
0:09.4	And I'm Kate Trinko. On today's podcast, Rob Bluey interviews Brian Morgenstern, Deputy Communications
0:16.1	Director at the White House. They discuss the coronavirus pandemic, court packing,
0:21.8	and the upcoming confirmation hearing of Amy Coney Barrett.
0:25.6	Don't forget if you're enjoying this podcast please be sure to leave a review or a five-star
0:31.2	rating on Apple Podcast and encourage others to subscribe.
0:35.0	Now on to our top news.
0:37.0	House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a curious comment in a press conference Thursday,
0:48.0	the S. E. E. B.S. news.
0:50.0	Tomorrow, by the way, tomorrow, come here tomorrow. We're going to be talking about the 25th
0:56.9	amendment, but not to take attention away from the subject we have now.
1:01.6	The 25th amendment is applicable when a president is deemed too ill to
1:05.5	execute his duties but does not voluntarily step down. The amendment outlines the
1:10.8	process by which the issue can be forced and the president removed.
1:16.0	The FBI has charged six men for plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
1:21.0	Per CNN, this scheme to kidnap Whitmer included plans to overthrow several state governments
1:27.2	that the suspects believe are violating the US Constitution, including the government of
1:32.0	Michigan and Whitmer, according to the complaint.
1:35.0	Some Michiganers say Whitmer keeping their state under COVID-19 lockdown is being abused and they are pushing to reopen the state.
1:42.8	The six men who have been charged with conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer include
1:46.4	Michigan residents Adam Fox, Ty Garban, Caleb Franks, Daniel Harris,
1:51.7	Brandon Kosterra, and one man from Delaware, Barry Croft.
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