J. D. Vance’s Rough Rollout and Kamala Harris’s Veepstakes
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 31 July 2024
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Summary
As J. D. Vance faces a bumpy public reception on the Trump ticket and Kamala Harris considers her options for a running mate, the New Yorker staff writers Amy Davidson Sorkin and Benjamin Wallace-Wells join Tyler Foggatt to discuss all things Vice-Presidential. In a race as short and tight as this one, what is each campaign communicating with its choice?
This week’s reading:
- “Who Should Kamala Harris Pick as Her Running Mate?” by Amy Davidson Sorkin
- “J. D. Vance’s Sad, Strange Politics of Family,” by Jessica Winter
- “J. D. Vance’s Radical Religion,” by Paul Elie
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| 0:00.0 | Vice Presidents can be useful political assets, but they can also be liabilities. |
| 0:06.0 | We're effectively run in this country via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of |
| 0:12.0 | childless cat ladies who are miserable at their |
| 0:14.2 | own lives and the choices that they've made and so they want to make the rest of the country |
| 0:17.8 | miserable too. |
| 0:20.4 | In this unusual election cycle, Kamala Harris has proven just how significant the role of Vice President can be. |
| 0:26.0 | Now she is tasked with picking her own running mate. |
| 0:29.0 | Just as former President Donald Trump has reportedly begun to sour on his pick, J.D. Vance. |
| 0:35.0 | Today, Benjamin Wallace Wells and Amy Davidson Sorkin, two of the New Yorkers political writers, |
| 0:41.0 | join me to dig into all things vice presidential. |
| 0:44.4 | We're listening to the political scene. |
| 0:46.3 | I'm Tyler Foggett and I'm a senior editor at the New Yorker. |
| 0:49.8 | Hi Amy, hi Ben, thanks so much for coming on the show. |
| 0:52.4 | Hi Tyler. Hey show. Hi Tyler. |
| 0:53.0 | Hey Tyler. |
| 0:54.0 | So, there have been some rumors swirling around |
| 0:58.0 | that the Trump campaign is now having buyers remorse about J.D. Vance. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm wondering if you think there's anything to these rumors and having buyer's remorse about JD Vance. |
| 1:02.8 | I'm wondering if you think there's anything to these rumors and you know why, if you could |
| 1:06.2 | explain to the listeners why Trump might be second-guessing his running mate decision. |
| 1:12.4 | Ben, do you want to take it away? Sure. his running mate decision. |
| 1:12.5 | Ben, do you want to take it away? |
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