Will Republicans Kill Support For Ukraine?
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4.8 • 25.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Tommy and Ben talk about the waning support for financing the war in Ukraine, both in the US Congress and in Europe, Elon Musk’s visit to the southern border, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley responds to Trump’s threats, Trump’s former Chief of Staff John Kelly tells CNN about Trump’s disrespect towards veterans, the UN authorizes a mission to Haiti, Canada and India continue their war of words, and the end of “Panda Diplomacy.” Then Tommy speaks with Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA officer and producer of the documentary “Beyond Utopia” that profiles the harrowing reality of life in North Korea and the lengths people will go to escape it. The documentary will be in theaters at the end of October.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ben Rhodes. |
| 0:14.0 | Ben, the house speaker ship is vacant or something, I don't, I barely listened, but |
| 0:19.0 | bye-bye, Kevin McCarthy. |
| 0:20.8 | Yeah, the Kevin McCarthy era will be long remembered in American political history. |
| 0:28.4 | What an era it was. |
| 0:29.4 | The favorite part, which, which month, which day was your favorite part? |
| 0:34.0 | I mean, I, I, at the beginning, the drama, the heartbreak, the beginning in the end. |
| 0:40.0 | That was the end. |
| 0:41.0 | Yeah, the beginning in the end is the only thing anybody's gonna remember, which is a sad |
| 0:45.4 | and sorry state of affairs for our country, but not feeling too bad for that guy, I have |
| 0:50.8 | to say. |
| 0:51.8 | No, he's a terrible, terrible, terrible person, and I'm sure he'll run again like 15 times. |
| 0:55.7 | Well, do you remember, my favorite thing is like that book, that really cheesy book. |
| 0:59.8 | It's worth people Googling just to see the cover of the book Young Guns with Kevin McCarthy, |
| 1:05.9 | Paul Ryan, and Eric Cantor on the cover. |
| 1:08.8 | All three of those guys have now had, I mean, we may not have heard the last McCarthy, |
| 1:13.8 | but he's definitely been assimilated as fully as other guys now. |
| 1:17.2 | Yeah, it's funny that the Heritage Foundation tax cuts for businesses, generation Republicans |
| 1:23.4 | didn't make it. |
| 1:24.4 | So, Ben, we got a lot to cover today. |
| 1:26.2 | We're gonna talk about this mess in the house, the representatives, and what it means for |
| 1:30.3 | Ukraine aid, both in the U.S. and also just the politics in Europe. |
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