Political Gabfest - Lowest Approval Rating
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Mark Leibovich discuss Biden’s 2024 plans, the establishment Republicans who stand by Trump, and Herschel Walker’s alarming Senate campaign.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission, by Mark Leibovich
Anne Applebaum for The Atlantic: “History Will Judge The Complicit”
Mark Leibovich for the New York Times Magazine: “Donald Trump Is Not Going Anywhere”
Mark Leibovich for the New York Times: “Kevin McCarthy, Four Months After Jan. 6, Still on Defensive Over Trump”
Here are this week’s chatters:
John: The New York Times: “168 Writing Prompts to Spark Discussion and Reflection”
Mark: Mark shared his thoughts on whether life was better before cell phones.
David: City Cast DC’s July 12, 2022 newsletter.
Listener chatter from Josie Beyer: Julia Medina for Sleepopolis: “Sleeping While Rowing in the Great Pacific Race”; Lat 35 Racing Team on Instagram
Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
Podcast production by Cheyna Roth.
Research by Bridgette Dunlap.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest. |
| 0:10.9 | For July 14th, 2022, it's the lowest approval rating edition. I'm David Plotz in Washington, D.C., back from Vermont, |
| 0:25.3 | sadly, sadly back from Vermont. I am joined, as per usual, by John Dickerson of CBS News. Hello, |
| 0:33.9 | John from New York. Hello, David. And Emily is Yon and Beyond. |
| 0:39.5 | I don't even know where she is on vacation. |
| 0:41.5 | I hope relaxing, deservedly relaxing somewhere. |
| 0:44.7 | And we have a special guest, I think his debut hosting the Gab Fest, I believe. |
| 0:50.4 | Not certainly not his debut appearance. |
| 0:52.1 | Mark Liebevich of the Atlantic,, a thank you for your servitude. |
| 0:56.9 | Fantastic new book that came out this week about Trump's lackeys, minions, and lick spittles that we're going to be talking about. |
| 1:02.2 | Mark, welcome to the Gab Fest. Hello. |
| 1:04.9 | So good to be here, David, John. |
| 1:07.8 | Happy to be here in any capacity. |
| 1:09.6 | I've always been considering myself a friend of the |
| 1:11.7 | Gab Fest, occasional visitor, but this is a whole new capacity, so it's an honor. This week on the |
| 1:17.2 | Gab Fest, why is President Joe Biden so unpopular and could it get even worse for him? Then we will |
| 1:24.3 | talk to Mark about his darkly comic new book and about the recent January 6th committee revelations. |
| 1:31.3 | Then Herschel Walker knows almost nothing about anything exaggerates lies and misleads, |
| 1:36.1 | has a worrisome personal history, and will still probably be elected sender from Georgia. |
| 1:40.6 | We will talk about that. |
| 1:41.8 | Plus, we'll have cocktail chatter. |
| 1:44.8 | Joe Biden's approval rating is 33%, which is lower, I think. It's a different pollster, |
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