'Shut this White House down': Platner talks strategy to stop Trump
5/1/202641 min
Jen Psaki looks at polling in key midterm Senate races that shows Democrats ahead, tied or within striking distance as Donald Trump's popularity continues to sag to new lows. Graham Platner, who essentially clinched the Democratic nomination for Senate from Maine when his opponent dropped out today, joins to discuss the grassroots energy behind his campaign and the significance of his race to eventual Democratic control of the Senate. "Any road to a Democratic Senate goes through the state of Maine," he says.
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for Senate from Maine, talks with Jen Psaki about the role Donald Trump plays in his race and with the voters he hopes to make his constituents, and discusses the posture Democrats should take to make the most of any political power they are able to attain in the midterm elections.
J.P. Cooney, former federal prosecutor, talks with Jen about the Trump administration's bad faither prosecution of James Comey.
Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson talks about defending voting right in the wake of the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act.
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Jen Psaki· Host0:27
Okay, it seems like, speaking of politics and elections, we're all thinking about them, right? It seems like little Mike Johnson has finally, finally settled on his pitch for the midterms. He has managed to boil it all down to one simple message House Republicans continue to deliver for the American people.
Mike Johnson· Soundbite0:51
We will continue to do that for the remainder of the year, and that is a large reason why we are going to win the midterms so that the grown-ups can stay in charge here. They have full-on Trump derangement syndrome, okay? And it [laughs] informs how they, uh, th- see the world, and how they react, and how irresponsible they are now is on full display for the whole country. I hope voters remember this in the fall. Um, you gotta keep the grown-ups in charge, and that's the Republicans Does that make Mike Johnson the grown-up?
Jen Psaki· Host1:18
Like, if you're a grown-up, you don't have a spine? That- that's how it goes these days? Who knows. But that's their, uh, their message du jour of this week. Well, today, the 79-year-old man-child