How Would Kennedy Dropping Out Impact Swing State Votes?
The Rich Zeoli Show
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🗓️ 22 August 2024
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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1:
3:05pm- The Rich Zeoli Show is broadcasting LIVE from the Democratic National Committee Convention in Chicago, Illinois—and we start the show with CNN Contributor and Advisor to Donald J. Trump, David Urban. Urban weighs-in on Senator John Fetterman’s decision not to attend the convention while calling for a secure Southern border, an end to wide-spread unlawful migration, and continued support for Israel in their war against Hamas. Urban says Fetterman reminds him a lot of former Senator Arlen Specter. Could Fetterman ever switch to the Republican Party? Urban urges Pennsylvanians to vote—including in the state’s U.S. Senate race—arguing Republican candidate Dave McCormick is the type of person you want to see in the White House one day. PLUS Urban reveals that he was the one who taught J.D. Vance how to properly order a cheesesteak at Pat’s—but the Philadelphia Inquirer lied about it!
3:30pm- According to reports, Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to drop out of the race on Friday. He’ll make the announcement in Phoenix, Arizona—the same city Donald Trump will be campaigning in. ABC News says Kennedy has not officially made a decision to endorse the Trump-Vance campaign.
3:40pm- If Robert Kennedy Jr. drops out of the race, how will his absence impact critical swing states? According to RealClearPolitics polling averages, Donald Trump gets a 0.8 point boost in Arizona, a 0.5 point boost in Wisconsin, a 0.4 point boost in Michigan, and a 2.2 point boost in Pennsylvania.
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| 0:00.0 | The Rich Zioli Show on Talk Radio 1210, W.P.H.D. |
| 0:05.0 | On Twitter, at Rich Zioli, and I saw a familiar friend wandering the hall, so I grabbed him and said, |
| 0:11.0 | get over here. |
| 0:12.0 | Of course, I'm talking about the one and only David Urban |
| 0:14.7 | Pennsylvania zone and senior advisor to President Donald Trump from day one and still is |
| 0:20.0 | by the way CNN contributor former chief of staff to our own inspector how you |
| 0:23.8 | do buddy I'm good I was just with the president Trump up in Wilkes-Bayer on |
| 0:27.4 | Saturday how was that flew here it was great it was great he had a great |
| 0:30.7 | big big rally a lot of support a lot of energy told him keep going start |
| 0:36.6 | talking about it's talking about issues a little bit more it's talking about the |
| 0:39.3 | economy and you know try to get a focus because you know he's I told him he's unstoppable |
| 0:44.2 | he said how are we gonna do I said it's up to you you know we're gonna win if |
| 0:47.4 | just keep it focused he's uh... let's listen |
| 0:52.0 | Kamil Harris in this Democratic party for the past 32 days, I've not had a glove laid on |
| 0:59.1 | him by legacy media, by networks, by, take your pick, anybody. |
| 1:06.0 | And it's part, they've had a flawless rollout for her presidential campaign, yet they're |
| 1:11.9 | tied or behind Donald Trump. |
| 1:15.0 | He is, after this is over, this convention is over, |
| 1:18.7 | they'll get a minor bump probably, |
| 1:20.2 | but then, as Hillary Clinton warned, as Obama warned, like Trump is ferocious. |
| 1:27.0 | They basically told the people in this arena, like gird yourself for battle because you guys don't know what it's like. |
| 1:37.0 | You, we may not win because that's how tough Donald Trump is and so I was I was I was kind of |
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