Pod Save America - Trump Mocks Israel, Speaker Race in Chaos

As the crisis in the Middle East deepens, the Republican presidential candidates respond with their best: Donald Trump praises Hezbollah, Tim Scott says Biden "has blood on his hands," and Ron DeSantis tries to make it about the southern border—the American one. Meanwhile, the House GOP still can't agree on a Speaker, "MAGA Mama Bear" Kari Lake enters the critical Arizona Senate race, and George Santos and Bob Menendez each get stunning new indictments.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.Join the World-Wide Digital Experience "Pod Save America Live from DC" on October 19 at 8 PM ET with Co-Host Symone Sanders and Special Guests Senator John Fetterman, Chef Jose Andres, and Jennifer Carroll Foy. Tickets: https://www.moment.co/psa

Duration: 53m
Broadcast on: 12 Oct 2023
Audio Format: other

(upbeat music) - Welcome to PODCA of America. I'm John Fabra. - I'm Dan Pfeiffer. - On today's show, Republicans nominate Steve Scalise as speaker, but it's still not clear. He has the votes to get the job. Trump protégé Kerry Lake jumps into the pivotal Arizona Senate race, and Congressman George Santos is hit with 10 more felony charges, and is somehow still in Congress. But first, the biggest story in the world, and in US politics continues to be Israel's response to the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas. This is now a war that so far left thousands dead, including at least 27 American citizens. There are still at least 150 hostages in Gaza that also include some Americans, and there's a real fear that other Middle Eastern countries could join the conflict. As usual, Tommy and Ben have been doing an outstanding job covering this for PODCA of the world, so make sure you're up to speed on that show. We're gonna start the show by talking about how the war is affecting American politics. Here's President Biden during a roundtable with Jewish leaders at the White House on Wednesday, where he again offered his full support for Israel. That's why I took my kids. Everyone, when they turned 14 years old one at a time, put them on a plane and took them to dock out. I wanted them to see that you could not not know what was going on walking through those gates. You could not fail to understand, as a country, what was going on. And that's a fact. It had a profound impact on my children and my grandchildren. Some thought taking a 14 year old grandchild, and that makes a mistake, but it took them one at a time. I got three more to go, and folks, it's important. In the days ahead, we're gonna continue to work closely with our partners in Israel and around the world to ensure Israel has what is and needs a defendant's citizens and cities and to respond to these attacks. The United States has Israel's back, and I have yours as well, both at home and abroad. - So the President also gave a pretty big speech on Tuesday, dressed the nation,

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