Latino Voters and 2020

The Dispatch Podcast

The Dispatch

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

News broke overnight of President Trump’s plans to reduce U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, less than a week after Jeffrey Goldberg’s bombshell article in The Atlantic highlighted anonymous accusations of the president’s poor conduct toward American veterans. Sarah, Steve, and Jonah tackle some of the move’s political implications for Trump’s re-election campaign before launching into a lively debate over the ethics of using anonymous sources in journalism. “It is the case that reporters can pick and choose their anonymous sources to tell the story that their predetermined narrative would have them tell,” said Steve. “But I think you judge anonymous sources to a certain extent based on the amount of credence you give to the particular reporter who’s using them.” The Dispatch Podcast also covers curveballs that could upset current polling favoring a handed Joe Biden victory—namely, the Hispanic vote and presidential debates. New data out of Florida reveals that the former VP might not have the Hispanic vote locked down, but as our hosts point out, assuming that a diverse group of people will vote as a monolithic bloc has always been a dangerous oversimplification. Steve, Sarah and Jonah also chat about the upcoming debates and how possible Biden blunders could either hurt him or paint him as a sympathetic figure, depending on how the president chooses to respond. Show Notes: -Jeffrey Goldberg’s controversial investigative journalism: Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast. I'm your host Sarah Isger joined by Steve Hayes and
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1:06.2	But first, the Trump administration announces it is with drawing more troops from Iraq and we'll
1:11.2	talk a little bit about the fallout from the revelations in the Atlantic story about the president's
1:15.2	statements about the military. Plus, Jonah wants to talk about what the Hispanic vote is and
1:21.5	is Trump really winning it. And the great debate expectations three weeks out from our first
1:27.2	presidential debate. Plus, I am trying to get some insights into high school Jonah and Steve.
1:33.2	So make sure to stay tuned for that at the end.
1:50.0	Let's dive right in. Steve, some breaking news about military pullouts.
1:55.8	Yeah, we learned overnight that the US military will be reducing its troop presence in Iraq
2:04.9	in the coming months from almost in half, about 5,200 to 3,000. The early reporting is that this is
2:16.8	not something that's causing alarm among military officials in Iraq. It's, I mean, on the one hand,
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