Guns, Dems, And Heels
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🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
This week, Matt and Brian assess a shocking week in politics.
* Are we really going to move on from the Trump shooting attempt if it turns out, as seems possible, that the shooter was an accelerationist right-wing fanatic?
* Will Democratic leaders use the attempted shooting as an offramp from their efforts to find a stronger presidential candidate?
* Does Nancy Pelosi still have the clout and skill to help get Joe Biden to think beyond his ego?
Then, behind the paywall—a whole bunch more. Does Pelosi’s emergence as the leader of the Dems’ replace-Biden effort make Brian reconsider his long misgivings about Pelosi’s leadership? Does Biden’s political failures make Matt reconsider his assessment of Biden’s political instinct and the wisdom of the centrist establishment? How was the public more clear eyed about Joe Biden’s limitations than liberal elites? Also, what’s the significance of JD Vance’s rise and potential vice presidency?
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Further reading:
* Pelosi lieutenant Adam Schiff: “I think if [Biden] is our nominee, I think we lose. And we may very, very well lose the Senate and lose our chance to take back the House.”
* Brian takes stock, after three disorienting week, of the bleak new political landscape.
* Matt on how we (including Joe Biden and current Democratic leaders) have more agency to shape future events than we’re comfortable with.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Obviously like the purpose of the vice president, right? |
| 0:01.7 | If Donald Trump dies in office, |
| 0:03.5 | Vance will become president automatically. |
| 0:05.6 | And Trump is old. |
| 0:06.8 | He's got this glass fragment lodged in his earlobe. |
| 0:10.5 | I mean, who knows, right? And so if, uh, then it really does matter, like who is the real J.D. Vans. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey everyone you're listening to a free preview of the politics |
| 0:27.2 | podcast in this episode we'll talk about a lot of unpleasant news actually there was the shooting at the Trump rally on |
| 0:35.1 | Saturday and then there's a question what to make of Donald Trump's new running mate |
| 0:39.7 | JD Vance and finally how to reassess Democrats in light of their political |
| 0:45.8 | paralysis as they contemplate losing the 2024 election. So I hope you |
| 0:50.6 | enjoy the conversation and if you want to hear the whole thing you can upgrade your subscription to paid at politics dot fm |
| 1:00.9 | Hey everyone welcome to the politics podcast. I'm Brian Boiler. I'm Matthew |
| 1:04.7 | Gracias. We're back and it's like Matt wasn't on vacation last week but it feels |
| 1:10.2 | like enough time has gone by or enough crazy things have happened since last |
| 1:14.6 | episode that we have to do this big omnibus recap of a whole bunch of crazy |
| 1:21.1 | shit starting with the Pennsylvania shooting, I guess there's a |
| 1:27.4 | Pennsylvania Trump rally shooting where Trump was, Trump was shot or at the very |
| 1:32.4 | least injured by some shrapnel or shattered glass. |
| 1:36.3 | We're not really sure. |
| 1:38.1 | But it has been an issue. |
| 1:40.8 | I'm a Trump shooting truth there. |
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