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A riot and a reckoning
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Jan 8, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
The government ground to a halt on Wednesday when rioters breached and
laid siege to the Capitol. Hours later, Congress reconvened to complete
the electoral count and confirm Joe Biden's victory. Meanwhile,
Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won their Georgia Senate races,
giving Democrats a narrow Senate majority. POLITICO founding editor John
Harris talks with Scott Bland about this chaotic week in politics.
Scott Bland is a politics editor at POLITICO.
John Harris is founding editor of POLITICO.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
laid siege to the Capitol. Hours later, Congress reconvened to complete
the electoral count and confirm Joe Biden's victory. Meanwhile,
Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won their Georgia Senate races,
giving Democrats a narrow Senate majority. POLITICO founding editor John
Harris talks with Scott Bland about this chaotic week in politics.
Scott Bland is a politics editor at POLITICO.
John Harris is founding editor of POLITICO.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Released:
Jan 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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