Mary Trump on Whether ‘Despicable’ Ivanka Could Be New VP

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🗓️ 27 August 2020

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Mary Trump, The New Abnormal’s favorite guest, is back for the third night of the Republican National Convention. Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast want to know if it’s too late for Trump to drop Mike Pence as his running mate and bring in fresh blood. “Pence is a total drip and his only value to Donald is that he sucks up to him,” says Mary. “Do we seriously think that Mike Pence could not be convinced to step down?” Rick admits it would be incredibly tough to bring in a new vice presidential candidate at this late stage, but can see why Trump would do it. “It's a difficult enterprise. Although, I think Donald would be tempted don't you, Mary? Because it’s like a reality TV play. It’ll be dramatic. The ratings will be yuge.” Molly was taken back by the sheer scale of dishonesty at the convention tonight. “Those were C-PAC-level lies, not RNC-level lies,” she says. Rick suggested Richard Grenell, who was briefly Acting Director of National Intelligence, was making a strong entry into “the Trumpian liars Olympics” with his convention speech. Mary says he was the undisputed champion. “It was the worst, most damaging performance of the evening, if not of the entire convention, because of the things he was lying about with a straight face. Everything he said was a lie.” Rick selects Trump as today’s ‘Fuck that guy’ for his defunding of FEMA as a hurricane makes landfall in Louisiana and Texas, but Mary says: “You know, that money stolen from FEMA that may not have been needed if Bannon hadn't stolen it from the GoFundMe…” Want more? Become a Beast Inside member to enjoy a limited-run series of bonus interviews from The New Abnormal. Guests include Cory Booker, Jim Acosta, and more. Head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com to join now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.0	Hi folks, it's Rick Wilson and welcome to the Daily Beasts, the new abnormal.
0:47.0	Hi, I'm Molly Zhangfast, a left-wing pendant and editor at large at the Daily Beast.
0:52.0	I'm also an editor at the Daily Beast, a former Republican political strategist, best-selling author and full-time troublemaker.
0:58.0	We're here to have fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people in media, politics, business and science that help make what's happening in the country and the world clear.
1:08.0	I'll try to keep Rick to the minimum number of F-bombs and try to keep our kids, pets and other wildlife sounds from invading a respawn.
1:18.0	Night 4 of 5, Night 3,000.
1:23.0	Night 3 of the Republican Hellscape.
1:26.0	And yes, and Night 3 of Fuck That Guy Week and we have pretty much the best guess ever, Mary Trump.
1:34.0	We do indeed, and folks, don't you worry a bit. We've got some excellent Fuck That Guy action you later this evening.
1:40.0	I mean, weapons fucking grade. You will enjoy it. It will not be over quickly.
1:46.0	What did you guys think tonight? I have to be honest, and I think it was deliberate. It was sort of this flat affect the whole night and sort of strangely almost a little defensive feeling.
1:56.0	Yeah, I mean, it was incredibly boring, but I agree with my aunt.
2:02.0	It was, you know, I agree with you Rick, that it was, I think it was deliberate and as hard as it is for me to believe, I think it might have been a bit of course correcting.
2:11.0	But what worried me about it is that I think it made their message, their completely fictitious and mandatious message more effective.
2:22.0	I think you're right. I mean, there was a certain degree tonight of, and it was very much the sort of vomited out of a focus group.
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