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Capehart: The Oval Office Has Become a Venus Flytrap, You Might Not Get Out Alive
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RealClearPolitics

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PBS NewsHour

Name: PBS NewsHour
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David Brooks
, Jonathan Capehart
, Geoff Bennett

Name: David Brooks
Employment: The New York Times
Position: Writer

Name: Jonathan Capehart
Employment: MSNBC
Position: Contributor
Name: Geoff Bennett
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CAPEHART the White House ░░░░░░░░ m sorry the Oval ░░░░░░░░ has become a Venus ░░░░░░░░ You walk into the ░░░░░░░░ Office you might not ░░░░░░░░ out alive We saw ░░░░░░░░ happen to President Zelenskyy ░░░░░░░░ got mauled in the ░░░░░░░░ Office We even saw ░░░░░░░░ Gretchen Whitmer when she ░░░░░░░░ called into the Oval ░░░░░░░░ and ended up hiding ░░░░░░░░ face behind trying to ░░░░░░░░ file folders because she ░░░░░░░░ caught in there And ░░░░░░░░ you have got the ░░░░░░░░ of South Africa sitting ░░░░░░░░ a president and delicately ░░░░░░░░ to fact check him ░░░░░░░░ doing a little joke ░░░░░░░░ I wish we had ░░░░░░░░ plane to offer you ░░░░░░░░ he said Yeah great ░░░░░░░░ mean I wish you ░░░░░░░░ too I mean that ░░░░░░░░ is not a the ░░░░░░░░ Office is no longer ░░░░░░░░ serious place of business ░░░░░░░░ go in there and ░░░░░░░░ I watch to see ░░░░░░░░ is the president going ░░░░░░░░ humiliate this person in ░░░░░░░░ most unserious way possible ░░░░░░░░ at the same time ░░░░░░░░ credence to already debunked ░░░░░░░░ theories And I am ░░░░░░░░ you pointed out the ░░░░░░░░ that this president has ░░░░░░░░ long history of racist ░░░░░░░░ racist actions and peddling ░░░░░░░░ grievance And he has ░░░░░░░░ problem with immigrants as ░░░░░░░░ as they don t ░░░░░░░░ from s hole countries ░░░░░░░░ usually those countries that ░░░░░░░░ defines that way are ░░░░░░░░ white Bennett I mean ░░░░░░░░ are the implications David ░░░░░░░░ what used to be ░░░░░░░░ coveted invitation to the ░░░░░░░░ Office is now viewed ░░░░░░░░ world leaders to use ░░░░░░░░ s phrase a Venus ░░░░░░░░ BROOKS Well they all ░░░░░░░░ that he has all ░░░░░░░░ power because the U ░░░░░░░░ needs them less than ░░░░░░░░ need the U S ░░░░░░░░ so it s a ░░░░░░░░ situation for a bully ░░░░░░░░ they should have to ░░░░░░░░ in there saying Okay ░░░░░░░░ have got to be ░░░░░░░░ What am I going ░░░░░░░░ do Or maybe I ░░░░░░░░ don’t go.’”
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