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The post-Trump path of “one dude”
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Feb 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
With Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal almost assured, at the moment,
the Republicans occupying the anti-Donald Trump lane in the post-Trump
GOP are in danger of being run over. But if the GOP’s fervor for the
former president fades to any degree, Senator Ben Sasse may be better
positioned than anyone to capitalize. National political correspondent
David Siders and Scott Bland talk about Sasse's recent video which
inflamed his party's GOP and the future of the Republican party.
Scott Bland is a politics editor at POLITICO.
David Siders is a national political correspondent at POLITICO.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
the Republicans occupying the anti-Donald Trump lane in the post-Trump
GOP are in danger of being run over. But if the GOP’s fervor for the
former president fades to any degree, Senator Ben Sasse may be better
positioned than anyone to capitalize. National political correspondent
David Siders and Scott Bland talk about Sasse's recent video which
inflamed his party's GOP and the future of the Republican party.
Scott Bland is a politics editor at POLITICO.
David Siders is a national political correspondent at POLITICO.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Released:
Feb 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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