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Hacks On Tap

MAGA Mission: The RNC Begins

Hacks On Tap

David Axelrod & Mike Murphy

Politics, Government, News, News Commentary

4.78K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Guest Hack John Heilemann of Showtime's The Circus is back this week to help Axe and Murphy recap the first night of the Republican National Convention. The GOP promised a week full of optimism and opportunity; after night one, did they deliver? The Hacks discuss whether the first night offered a glimpse of the Republican primary in 2024, if the RNC will ultimately succeed in expanding Trump's base, and what Biden's campaign must do to counter the messaging coming out of the RNC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, pull up a chair. It's tax on tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy.

0:23.9

They want to destroy this country and everything that we have thought for and hold dear.

0:32.0

They want to steal your liberty, your freedom, they want to control what you see and think

0:37.8

and believe so that they can control how you live. They want to enslave you to the weak,

0:46.2

dependent, liberal, victim ideology to the point that you will not recognize this country

0:52.0

or yourself. So Murphy, the optimistic Republican convention is now underway. That was a Kimberly

1:00.8

Gill foil who gave an unusual speech last night and John Hyalman is with us, our old buddy,

1:13.5

our old Hackeroo pal. You were down there, huh? I could hear her from from my hotel, even though she

1:19.6

was in Washington DC. Oh, that's right. She was in DC. Yeah, I didn't need to turn on my set,

1:23.9

just open a window and there it was. Here's my question. That thing was on tape. Yeah.

1:29.9

Does no one side up to her and say, Kim, maybe we ought to take it down a few

1:34.4

decibels and try it again. I mean, what were they thinking? They're thinking they want to get paid

1:41.1

next week. You know, this is a royal court. You don't mess with family, huh? Yeah. Port Don

1:46.4

Jr. had to walk up and tell her how great it was. Are you kidding? It was a nightmare. They don't

1:51.4

just want to get paid. They also don't want to see the guillotine, which is the way that it works

1:54.8

in the royal court. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So no, greatest speech ever. Yep. Wonderful.

2:00.2

That notwithstanding what give me your guys top one assessments of what we saw yesterday.

2:06.8

I'll go first and quick. Mine's a two headed one. You know, the death of a great and proud political

2:12.0

party that I've served for decades. It was tragic in that regard to see these thugs take over

2:18.2

in the lies that you know, used to be the spirit of Ronald Reagan, our convention is now

2:21.9

it's the spirit of George Orwell because the truth was a murder scene. That big picture stuff

2:27.6

aside as far as the royal politics, they hit a couple of singles and I think the cosmopolitan

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