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Dr. Alan Chartock's Morning Commentary

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Dr. Alan Chartock

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn's latest interview with CNN, in which the Democrat said President Trump has the potential to become a dictator. 

Dr. Chartock also comments on the Trump campaign's lawsuits challenging the outcome of the presidential election, and the president's change of guard at the Department of Defense. 

Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.