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The PoliticsGirl Podcast

And Now We Pivot: Switching the Democratic Candidate with former RNC Director Michael Steele

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” Joe Biden is no longer running for President and everything has changed. Join me and Michael Steele as we discuss what just happened, and what comes next. As always, if you find worth in what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free, along with a bunch of other perks, like the rants directly to your inbox and the knowledge that you’re making this kind of highly researched, factual information possible. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thank you so much! xoPG Guest social: https://michaelsteelenetwork.com/ Twitter: @MichaelSteele @steele_podcast @TheWeekendMSNBC Podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/qNXoDf9A As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl This episode is sponsored by… https://oneskin.co Code: PoliticsGirl https://lumen.me/politicsgirl And the Vibes Only podcast: https://couriernewsroom.com/vibes-only-podcast-trailer/

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0:00.0

So the realities have changed the dynamics of this race in the last 18 hours, where if you go on social media,

0:10.0

Trump, you know, rage tweeting at 2 in the morning tells you he's, this hurts.

0:17.0

He doesn't know what to do with this and we can get into whether or not there will be a debate.

0:22.0

I don't think there will be how this is going to play out in terms of who she ultimately picks to go up against J.D. Vance, I think that will be an important decision.

0:33.0

But just what Joe Biden did in placing his imprimatur on her candidacy for the presidency

0:40.0

changed the trajectory of this race. change the

0:43.9

trajectory of this race.

0:43.4

Hello and

0:57.2

Hello and Hello and Hello and welcome to the Politics Girl Podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it. So the podcast I had scheduled for today obviously had to be moved

1:01.4

since the breaking news on the weekend of President

1:03.9

Biden dropping out of the presidential race.

1:06.4

To talk to us today about what it means as both an outsider and an insider, I am joined

1:11.0

by former RNC chair and co-host of the new MS NBC show The Weekend, Michael Steele.

1:17.0

Michael is the former lieutenant governor of Maryland who was the incredible successful leader of the Republican National Committee in the days

1:23.2

before Trump gave it to his family, breaking fundraising records and

1:26.8

winning the biggest pick of House seats for the party in modern history. His

1:30.8

leadership produced 12 Republican governorships and the greatest share of state legislative seats since

1:36.2

1928.

1:37.2

So this man understands what it takes to pick a candidate, run a successful convention, and turn

1:42.4

a game around.

1:44.0

So without further ado, please welcome my guest, former chair of the RNC,

1:48.0

host of the Michael Steele podcast, and co-host of MS NBC's The Weekend, Michael Steele.

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