JD Vance's Military Record & "Childless Cat Lady" Comment
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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"I served in the United States Marine Corps and I built a business," Vance said. "What the hell have you done other than to collect the government check for the past 20 years?"
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| 0:00.0 | Bonjour, this is Andrea, and this is Benjamin. |
| 0:04.0 | And we're traveling on a train at 300 kilometers an hour through the French countryside, on our way |
| 0:08.9 | to Marseille and the first event of the Olympics, USA versus France, in men's football. |
| 0:17.0 | You mean soccer. |
| 0:19.0 | This podcast was recorded at 12.40 PM Eastern time on Monday, July 29th, 2024. |
| 0:26.2 | Things may have changed since it was recorded, but we'll be enjoying our first Olympics experience. |
| 0:31.1 | Awa! experience. Awois. I was just in France, but I can't pronounce anything French. |
| 0:39.1 | That was super cute. |
| 0:40.1 | It was so cute. |
| 0:41.1 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm Sarah McCammon. |
| 0:45.0 | I cover the presidential campaign. |
| 0:46.4 | I'm Stephen Fowler. |
| 0:47.4 | I also cover the campaign. |
| 0:49.2 | And I'm Quill Lawrence, I cover veterans in the VA. |
| 0:52.0 | Senator J.D. Vance has had a week on the campaign trail |
| 0:55.4 | as former President Trump's new running mate. |
| 0:58.1 | And today we want to take a look at his message so far |
| 1:00.7 | and how it's been landing with voters. Stephen, you've been following Vance. |
| 1:05.2 | What sorts of things is he talking about on the campaign trail? |
| 1:08.2 | So Sarah, there's a little bit of an introduction period going on even though JD Vance is a United States |
| 1:14.5 | senator he's relatively new to the gig and so a lot of his speeches has been a |
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