The Trump Endorsement Slump
6/9/202624 min
Marianna Sotomayor joins Peter to discuss Tuesday’s primaries—and the growing evidence that Donald Trump’s once-vaunted endorsement is losing its punch. Then they discuss Graham Platner’s controversy-mired march through Maine, and the FISA reauthorization Democrats are holding hostage over Bill Pulte, Trump’s underqualified D.N.I. pick.
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First 90 secondsMariana Sotomayor· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] You've seen the Republican Party embrace someone like Trump, who is probably one of the most flawed candidates in modern-day history, right? And if Republicans continue to back someone who will still be a winner because they are on a populist tide and really engaging a voter base, then why shouldn't we also get behind Platner?
Peter Hamby· Host0:25
[upbeat music] Welcome to The Powers That Be Daily, Puck's podcast focused on the intersection of Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood, and the players who run it all. I'm Peter Hamby. It's Tuesday, June 9th. Today, I'm joined by Mariana Sotomayor with a look at two big primaries on the ballot today, one in Maine, where besieged Democrat Graham Platner is hoping to make a statement and run up the score on the ballot to prove that stories about his past don't matter to voters in the Senate race, and another in South Carolina, where the GOP primary for governor is testing the strength of the coveted Donald Trump endorsement. We also discuss why Democrats on Capitol Hill are holding back their votes to reauthorize the government's spying powers in protest of Trump's underqualified pick to manage the US intelligence community. We'll discuss all that and much more on today's episode of The Powers That Be.
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