Brooks and Capehart on the Senate primaries in Texas

About this episode

David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart discuss the Senate primaries in Texas and the political landscape following President Trump's State of the Union address.

David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the Republican and Democratic Senate primaries in Texas, the reaction to President Trump's State of the Union and the Paramount buyout of Warner Bros. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: Geoff Bennett

Guests: David Brooks, Jonathan Capehart

Topics covered

• Senate primaries
• Texas politics
• Trump's State of the Union
• Paramount buyout
• Republican primaries
• Democratic primaries

Keywords

• Senate primaries
• Texas
• David Brooks
• Jonathan Capehart
• Trump
• politics
• Paramount
• Warner Bros

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Atlantic, MS NOW, Paramount, Warner Bros

Places: Texas

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