Brooks and Capehart on some Republican lawmakers' defiance of Trump

About this episode

David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart discuss Republican lawmakers' defiance of Trump and recent scandals in a Senate race.

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including Republican defiance of President Donald Trump and fresh scandals in a key Senate race. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: Amna Nawaz

Guests: David Brooks, Jonathan Capehart

Topics covered

• Republican lawmakers
• Trump defiance
• politics
• Senate race
• scandals

Keywords

• Republican
• Trump
• politics
• Senate race
• scandals

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Organizations: The Atlantic, MS NOW, PBS News

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