July 15, 2025: A political Bizarro World

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🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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What do Republicans need to do to outperform expectations in the coming midterm elections? According to new polling obtained exclusively by Playbook, the answer may in part rest in touting their support for a facet of Obamacare. Meanwhile, Democrats see a split among progressives in a major House primary today in Arizona, and the party seems to be sounding somewhat MAGA-fied when it comes to the Jeffrey Epstein files. What’s going on? Contributing author Adam Wren and chief Playbook correspondent Dasha Burns unpack it all.

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0:00.0	presented by BP.
0:08.2	Hello, I'm Adam Wren.
0:10.2	And I'm Dasha Burns.
0:11.4	It is Tuesday, July 15th.
0:13.6	And this is the Playbook podcast.
0:16.3	So without further ado, here are the topics driving the day.
0:20.2	First up, the economy. At 8.30 a.m.,
0:23.2	the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its June inflation report. And you can expect a lot of
0:29.4	conversation about Trump's tariffs if that number comes in too high. Later in the day,
0:34.3	we'll be hearing from Trump about a different part of the economy, energy.
0:38.2	He'll be keynoting the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie
0:43.4	Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
0:46.0	That event brought to you by Senator David McCormick.
0:50.0	Dasha, you've spent a lot of time during midterm elections in Pennsylvania.
0:54.9	Oh, yeah.
0:55.5	What do you make of the sort of choreography of this event, McCormick's involvement in it?
1:00.9	How are you seeing this? What are you expecting?
1:02.7	Is this going to be another rally speech?
1:05.5	I mean, yeah, if Trump is in Pennsylvania, he is likely to sound very Trumpy,
1:10.6	although this is a very specific topic
1:12.7	focus, is AI, it's energy, and of course Pennsylvania is kind of at the epicenter of the energy
1:18.0	conversation. McCormick's been very involved, and Trump sees Pennsylvania is really near and dear to
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