Donald Trumps asks if Mitch McConnell has a death wish, Republican Senate candidates are polling better while the House is still in play, and Cody Keenan joins to talk about speechwriting for Obama and his new book Grace.

Show Notes

NEWS ROUNDUP

• WaPo: How the false ‘Republicans are being hunted’ narrative took root
• WSJ: Trump’s ‘Death Wish’ Rhetoric 
• Politico: Scott declines to condemn Trump statement about McConnell’s ‘death wish’ NYT: Lawmakers Confront a Rise in Threats and Intimidation, and Fear Worse
• WaPo: Trump escalates attacks on McConnell with ‘DEATH WISH’ post
• Daily Beast: Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Democrats ‘Have Already Started the Killings’ of Republicans
• The Hill: Democrats worry polls showing them as Senate favorites are wrong
• NYT: It’s Time to Take Democrats’ Chances in the House Seriously 
• Politico: Weak rural turnout could hurt GOP in November
• CNN: Democrats are lagging among Black voters, and that could cost them in November
• Axios: Democrats’ new Senate struggles
• CNN: The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022
• NY Mag: Why Are Pollsters Disagreeing About the 2022 Midterms?
• WaPo: As TV doctor, Mehmet Oz provided platform for questionable products and views
• The Hill: Can Republicans pull off an upset in Colorado’s Senate race?
• NBC: Ticket-splitting voters were going extinct. Now they may decide 2022’s biggest races.

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