Biden Is Crushing Trump, a Washington Post Controversy, and Listener Mail

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

A New York Times/Siena poll out Wednesday shows that Biden is ahead of Trump nationally. Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discuss how the presidential race could unfold (1:20) and break down the strange story behind a Washington Post piece about a two-year-old blackface incident that got a non-famous woman fired (23:40). Then they answer the question “What do we think now about the Bubba Wallace NASCAR situation?" during Listener Mail (37:10). Plus: The Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and David Guesses the Strained Pun Headline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.4	Hello media consumers, this is the press box, Brian Curtis and David Schumaker of the
0:50.2	Ringer here.
0:51.6	We got a lot of stuff for you today.
0:53.6	We'll talk about the strange story behind a Washington post story about a two year old
0:59.1	black face incident that got a non famous woman fired.
1:03.7	What happened at the post will answer your listener mail, including the question.
1:09.3	So what do we think now about the whole bubble Wallace NASCAR situation?
1:13.8	All that plus David guesses a strain pun headline in the overworked Twitter joke of the week.
1:18.2	But David let us begin with the presidential race.
1:21.3	This Joe Biden is and I pick my verb carefully here crushing Donald Trump right now.
1:29.5	A New York Times, CNN poll that was out Wednesday shows Biden ahead of Trump nationally by 14
1:35.1	points, 50 to 36.
1:39.6	Now if Biden's sitting right on the 50 mark worries you, 538's Jeffrey Skelly tweets
1:45.5	this Biden's the only candidate besides Nixon in 1972 and Reagan in 1984 to average
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