'If You Can Keep It': The Michigan Primary Roundup

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🗓️ 28 February 2024

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There was a chance that this week's Michigan primaries would be a pair of sleeper contests. A sitting president and a former president are running in both races. They've each already racked up wins in other states by large or overwhelming margins.

But Michigan has proven a bit more lively than expected. The media spotlight has been fixed on the perpetual swing state due to the still active, if lopsided, Republican primary.

And on the Democratic side, President Joe Biden swept another contest. But the details are what matter. There were concerns that a protest vote against the president would follow more than a month of real-life protests over his handling of Israel's war against Hamas.

We discuss what happened during Michigan primaries and the impact voters who want to make sure Biden heard their discontent.

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0:00.0	I'm glad you said that because nobody says that.
0:03.3	Can I just say thank you to you for such a thoughtful interview?
0:07.3	Oh my God, yeah, I think you nailed it.
0:09.7	Bullseye Interviews with creators you love and creators you need to know.
0:14.0	Listen to the Bullseye Podcast only from NPR and Maximum Fun. There was a chance Michigan's primary racist would be a pair of sleeper contests with a sitting president in one race and a former president
0:34.7	in the other. They've each already racked up winds by large or overwhelming margins, but Michigan
0:40.2	has proven a bit livelier than expected. The media spotlight has fixated on the perpetual
0:44.8	swing state with the still active, if lopsided Republican primary between Nicky Haley and Donald
0:50.4	Trump, who won overwhelmingly Tuesday night. and I just want to thank everybody,
0:55.0	you've been incredible, and I'm so proud of the results
0:58.0	because they're far greater than anticipated.
1:00.0	Look, I will continue to take the cuts and the bruises and the pain and the insults because I think America's worth it.
1:11.0	All I ask is that you stand with me as I do it and that you be
1:16.7	just as loud, not just in Michigan, but after Michigan, and take that voice all the
1:21.8	way to the Super Tuesday States because it matters.
1:25.0	That was Donald Trump on Tuesday night and Nicki Haley at a rally in Michigan on Monday.
1:30.0	On the Democratic side, President Joe Biden sweeps another contest, but the details are what matter.
1:35.5	A protest vote against the president follows more than a month of real life protests
1:40.0	over how he's handled Israel's war against Hamas.
1:43.0	Stop the genocide!
1:45.0	We are going anywhere!
1:48.0	We are going anywhere!
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