The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent: Trump's Late-Night Purge Suddenly Becomes Bigger Scandal

[Dennis Donovan]

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent - (Archived: https://archive.ph/6xlAp) Trump’s Late-Night Purge Suddenly Becomes Bigger Scandal

January 27, 2025
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Transcript: Trump’s Late-Night Purge Suddenly Becomes Bigger Scandal
An interview with Jennifer Rubin, co-founder of The Contrarian, about Trump's illegal firing of inspectors general, how Trump's rationale makes it much worse, and how Democrats can fight back.

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 27 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.

Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.

On Friday night, President Donald Trump fired at least 15 independent inspectors general in a late night massacre that appeared to have been illegal. Yet since then, that story has only gotten worse. First, Trump subsequently defended the purge by calling it “very standard,” which is clearly an effort to normalize lawlessness. Second, some Republicans quickly signaled that they will be just fine with this, confirming once again that he will be largely unbound in his second term. We’re talking about all this with Jennifer Rubin, whose new Substack The Contrarian has already doing a good job tracking Trump’s implementation of an authoritarian government. Jen, good to have you on.

Jennifer Rubin: It’s lovely to be here.

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[Dave Bowman]

1. He's purging like a real nazi, he must be very proud.

[twodogsbarking]

2. Trump fired the woman who makes the coffee. Now we won't have coffee.