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‘Political rewind’ replay: Donald Trump’s worst week – so far

President Donald Trump uses an umbrella after stepping out of Air Force One on Friday. Trump had already announced via Twitter that he had fired chief of staff Reince Priebus and was replacing him with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Credit: Jim Galloway

Credit: Jim Galloway

President Donald Trump uses an umbrella after stepping out of Air Force One on Friday. Trump had already announced via Twitter that he had fired chief of staff Reince Priebus and was replacing him with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
By Jim Galloway
July 28, 2017

Today's edition of GPB's "Political Rewind" works backwards from the early Friday morning vote in the U.S. Senate that killed – for now – the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare.

I’m rather proud of this one. Even as host Bill Nigut questioned whether yours truly had climbed out on a limb by predicting the ouster of White House chief of staff Reince Preibus – it had already happened.

If you couldn’t catch it live, click here to listen now:

Today’s additional panelists: GOP strategist Chip Lake; Heath Garrett, former chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson; and Democratic activist Blynne Olivieri.

About the Author

Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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