Ask a Pol politics

By: Matt Laslo
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  • Sen. Murphy: it's "downright disgusting" for Trump to blame DEI for tragic air accident

    Sen. Murphy: it's "downright disgusting" for Trump to blame DEI for tragic air accident
    Jan 31 2025
    Who? Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) LISTEN: Laslo & Murphy Press corps asks:Did you catch Trump’s press conference on this week’s collision over the Potomac River, the FAA and DEI? Key Murphy: “Yeah. I thought the president's press conference was disgusting. The idea that the crash happened because the FAA hires non white men is unconscionable, especially after he threw the FAA into chaos,” Sen. Chris Murphy vented to members of the congressional press corps Thursday afternoon. “He ousted the administrator. He fired the entire safety board.” Subscribe for FREEE to get our weekly post in your inbox!!!! ICYMI — this interview helped inform Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo’s story for Raw StoryCaught our ear:“He's in charge. This happened on his watch, and he has deliberately thrown the FAA into disarray in the first days of his administration,” Murphy said. “That may not have had anything to do with the crash yesterday, but it makes his statements at his press conference today even more alarming.” Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Chris MurphySCENE: On Thursday, after President Donald Trump wrapped up his press conference on the tragic and deadly collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and commercial airline from Wichita, Kansas over the Potomac River, Sen. Chris Murphy is senatorially livid when he stops to talk to a gaggle of reporters in the basement of the US Capitol. Reporter 1 (off mic): Did you catch Trump’s press conference on last night’s midair collision, the FAA and DEI? Chris Murphy: “Yeah. I thought the president's press conference was disgusting.”Reporter 2: “Yeah?” A senator rings the bell calling one of the two manually operate, old school trams that cart senators from their offices to the Capitol. CM: “The idea that the crash happened because the FAA hires non white men is unconscionable, especially after he threw the FAA into chaos. He fired the — he ousted the administrator. He fired the entire safety board.” “Doors closing,” says the robotic warning on the trams underneath the US Capitol. Source: C-SPAN via YouTube.CM: “He’s been waging a war on public employees for a week and a half, including those at the FAA.” CM: “We don’t know what happened, but for the president to claim that it's because the FAA hires women or Black people, is downright disgusting. So…“Every buck — or brew — helps! Consider chipping in to support our independent journalism — Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!CM: “He's in charge. This happened on his watch, and he has deliberately thrown the FAA into disarray in the first days of his administration. That may not have had anything to do with the crash yesterday, but it makes his statements at his press conference today even more alarming.” Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. Get full access to Ask a Pol politics at www.askapolpolitics.com/subscribe
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    2 mins
  • AOC warns of emerging US oligarchy: “This is how fascism works"

    AOC warns of emerging US oligarchy: “This is how fascism works"
    Jan 25 2025

    Who?

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

    LISTEN: Laslo & Ocasio-Cortez

    Ask a Pol asks:

    How does your party combat what Biden called an ‘oligarchy’ in America?

    Key Ocasio-Cortez:

    “We have to take our gloves off and fight for the working class and line ourselves with labor and really show people what's going on,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exclusively tells Ask a Pol.

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    ICYMI — AOC’s oversight priorities this new Congress

    Caught our ear:

    “It's true. It's happening. There is an oligarchy in America,” Ocasio-Cortez tells us. “This is how fascism works, you know.”

    Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.

    TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

    SCENE: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is on her way to vote on the House floor when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with her…

    Matt Laslo: “Any thoughts on Biden's oligarchy framing and saying [inaudible]. I'm kinda shocked by the amount of billionaires. Like, I didn’t even know this many billionaires existed that Trump surrounded himself with, like...”

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Yeah. I mean, it's true. It's happening. There is an oligarchy in America. And the American oligarchy is handed — this is how fascism works, you know.”

    ML: “Yeah? How does your party combat that going into this administration?”

    AOC: “Well, I think that it's really about, like, we have to take our gloves off and fight for the working class, align ourselves with labor and really show people what's going on.”

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    ML: “And I know you guys kinda lost sight of that party did in the last election, do you think party leaders get that now?”

    AOC: “You have to ask them.”

    ML: “You didn't hear it in the DNC pitches?”

    Candidates running to head up the DNC — or Democratic National Committee — recently pitched House Democrats on Capitol Hill.

    AOC: “I’m not sure, yeah. I’m sorry.”

    ML: “Yep, you have a job. Thank you, ma'am.”

    Andrey Beregovsiy contributed to this report.

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  • "Yes," MTG says, she wants to make Jan. 6 a national holiday

    "Yes," MTG says, she wants to make Jan. 6 a national holiday
    Jan 4 2025
    Who?Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)LISTEN: Laslo & Greene Ask a Pol asks:With the Jan. 6, 2021 anniversary Monday — I know your party wants to change the conversation on that in this new Congress — curious if you have any thoughts? Key Greene:“Oh, you mean, make it a national holiday?” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene exclusively tells Ask a Pol through a big grin. ICYMI — This interview first appeared in Raw Story!Caught our ear:Democrats say your party is trying to rewrite history by pardoning the J6 folks… “Oh, you mean, like after Joe Biden pardoned sex criminals and some of the worst criminals, just letting em out of jail. We're the ones changing history? They're the ones that objected to three Republican presidents,” Greene says. “So you can't change history, unless we make it a national holiday.”Do you want that?“Yes,” Greene tells us through a broad smile.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), slightly edited for clarity.SCENE: Ahead of the 119th convening on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo caught Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an aide and her boyfriend walking to the House via an underground tunnel before she entered the chamber to cast her vote for speaker of the House of Representatives. Matt Laslo: “Curious if you have any thoughts, with Jan. 6 on Monday, I know your party wants to change the conversation on that in this new Congress.” Marjorie Taylor Greene: “To what?” ML: “On Jan. 6, what happened in 2021.” MTG: “Oh, you mean, make it a national holiday?” Consider supporting our independent journalism — Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!ML: “You want to do it?”They all laugh. ML: “But your Democratic counterparts say that you guys are trying to rewrite history?” MTG: “How's that?” ML: “Pardoning the J6 folks.” MTG: “Oh, you mean, like after Joe Biden pardoned sex criminals and some of the worst criminals, just letting em out of jail. We're the ones changing history? They're the ones that objected to three Republican presidential candidates — or, presidents. So you can't change history, unless we make it a national holiday.”ML: “Yeah?”Greene heads to the House floor to vote. ML: “Do you want that?”Greene turns back to Laslo and smiles. MTG: “Yes.”Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. Get full access to Ask a Pol politics at www.askapolpolitics.com/subscribe
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