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Impolitic with John Heilemann

Mike Murphy & Stuart Stevens

Impolitic with John Heilemann

Audacy | Puck

News, Politics

4.84.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Mike Murphy and Stuart Stevens are two of the most storied consultants in Republican history. Before 2016, they competed against Democrats in races and against each other for clients. Their combined list of clients includes all three Bushes, Mitt Romney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John McCain, Bob Dole, and many more. But for these Republican stalwarts, Donald J. Trump was a bridge too far. Both are actively involved in the fight to defeat him – Murphy with the group Republican Voters Against Trump and Stevens with The Lincoln Project. They join Heilemann to discuss their take on the state of the race, and use Stuart's new book, It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump, as a jumping-off point for exploring what happened to the GOP. Finally, the two look forward and imagine what a post-Trump party looks like – and what Trump may do as he fights to hold onto power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.5

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0:46.0

my new podcast from the recount with big ups to the one and only Rizza for our dope theme music.

0:52.8

We are two weeks out from Election Day by any definition,

0:55.6

the home stretch with more than 20 million early votes already cast,

0:59.4

one debate left to go, and Donald Trump trailing Joe Biden in virtually every available national

1:04.2

and background state poll.

1:06.2

With Trump evidently in such deep trouble, we thought it would be a grand idea

1:10.1

to sit down with two of the sharpest, savviest political strategist I have dealt with in my career,

1:14.9

and two of the most savage and effective full-time tormentors of Trump,

1:19.2

both of whom it so happens were until recently loyal and lifelong Republicans.

1:24.8

The first is my pal, co-host with David Axelrod of the excellent podcast,

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