AOC warns Dems on new progressive candidates: Hear them out.
7/1/202643 min
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks with Jen Psaki about the significance of primary victories by Democratic Socialist congressional candidates in New York City and why sitting Democrats would be smart to meet these new potential members as colleagues and not buy into the fear-mongering frenzy the right-wing is stirring up.
JD Vance tried to downplay the significance of the Watergate scandal by declaring that it would be merely a 12-hour scandal today. What he didn't say but what everyone heard is that the reason Watergate would be a smaller story today is that Donald Trump produces scandals bigger than that at a rate faster than the news media can report. Jen Psaki gets reaction from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The same vanity that is making a priority of Donald Trump's pet projects maybe also be their undoing, at least in the case of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool project. New reporting from the New York Times suggests that part of the reason for the out-of-control algae bloom in the pool is that devices meant to treat the water were removed at the same time that Donald Trump wanted to make a pretty spectacle of his UFC birthday celebration of himself. David Fahrenthold, investigative reporter for the New York Times, talks with Jen Psaki about his new reporting and the emerging pattern among projects Trump pushes with no-bid contracts. "The things Trump wants done the most are often the things that are done the least well."
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Jacob· Guest0:29
Briefing with Jen Psaki starts right now. Good evening, Jen.
Jen Psaki· Host0:33
First of all, Jacob, I love your show.
Jacob· Guest0:35
Thank you.
Jen Psaki· Host0:36
It is so refreshing and good. I get why people love it. I also love your version of the prediction markets. Um, it's very fun, and it's one of your- the things that is your superpower, so I'm so enjoying it. Um- I would never, ever trust those online, uh, prediction markets, Jen, and I, uh, you come on anytime.
Jacob· Guest0:52
Open invite. You come n- come on, it's early in the morning- I'll come out with you ... but there is always a seat at the table here I'm, no, I, I wanna come out for the prediction markets.
Jen Psaki· Host0:59
But, um, I could talk to you forever, as you know, but I'm about to talk with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Jacob· Guest1:05
AOC, I cannot wait. Go do it.
Jen Psaki· Host1:06
She, I know, c- what, I see, I said the full name, w- but everybody knows AOC. I'm, I, we will use the formal name, but everybody knows AOC. But I am really looking forward to talking to her. I think she's such an interesting, fascinating person, um, not just in politics, but really in terms of connecting with people right now and really reading, uh, what's happening out in the, out in the country. Um, so I'm really looking forward to talking to her