AirTalk’s weekly political roundtable recaps the major headlines you might’ve missed in politics news over the weekend and looks ahead to the week to come. Here are the headlines that we’re following this week:
COVID 19:
For several days, Senators were working on a bipartisan economic plan, but now it seems to be stuck in purgatory after a Dem block. What’s currently in the package? And what’s the hold up?
Several Senators are getting heat for selling stock after private briefings on the coronavirus.
During Friday’s presser, Trump invoked the Defense Production Act - what does that mean?
During that same presser, the president referred to COVID-10 as the “chinese virus” and escalated tensions with some members of the press
He also announced further restrictions on border crossings and doubled down on his administration’s protectionist posturing
COVID-19 and the 2020 race:
Some are calling for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to drop. When is the right time?
Who’s the best choice for the Dem candidate’s VP?
Guests:
Jennifer Haberkorn, congressional reporter for the LA Times who is reporting from Washington D.C.; she tweets at
Amanda Renteria, senior advisor for Emerge America, a national organization that works to identify and train Democratic women who want to run for political office; she is the former national political director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and has been a staffer for Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); she tweets
Scot Zentner, professor of political science at Cal State San Bernardino and co-author of Party and Nation: Immigration and Regime Politics in American History (The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2020)