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Week In Politics: White House Clashes With States, A Virtual Presidential Convention? And More

By AirTalk Staff
Published Apr 6, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 05: Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump at a press briefing with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on April 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a recommendation that all Americans should wear masks or cloth face coverings in public settings. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump at a press briefing with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on April 5, 2020 in Washington, DC.
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Week In Politics: White House Clashes With States, A Virtual Presidential Convention? And More

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: 

  • How the White House has dealt with the pandemic this far

    • Should Trump be using the full authority of the Defense Production Act?

    • Various state governors are fighting with the White House over COVID-19 supplies

    • New York asks for national effort to redistribute resources to their state

    • Dr. Anthony Fauci advises nationwide stay-at-home order, but Trump isn’t onboard

    • Trump and the firing of Capt. Brett Crozier, the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt

  • A decade of rising job numbers is over. What the economy and the state of business portend for the 2020 race and the future

  • 2020:

    • Democrats postponed their presidential convention to mid-August because of the coronavirus. Who is helped and who’s hurt by the move? Plus, Biden floated the idea of a virtual convention

    • Buttigieg is starting up a PAC

    • Vote-by-mail might be tough for some states to get going by Fall

Guests:

Nomiki Konst, founding member and board director of the organization, Matriarch, which aims to help progressive working class women run for Congress; she is the host of “The Nomiki Show” on YouTube; she tweets @NomikiKonst

Pete Peterson, dean of the School of Public Policy and senior fellow at The Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University; he tweets