Republicans Beg Trump to Be New Person
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🗓️ 16 August 2024
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Summary
More and more Republicans are asking Donald Trump if it might be possible for him to stop the personal attacks on Kamala Harris and focus on a persuasive message. His answer? Absolutely not. In yet another country club press conference, Trump says he's "entitled to personal attacks" because he doesn't respect Harris, calls her stupid, and rants about communists. Meanwhile, Harris and Joe Biden hold their first joint event since Biden stepped down from the race, and it's full of good policy and good vibes. Plus, Tim Walz talks tacos, and RFK Jr. might be looking for an exit strategy.
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to Pod Save America. I'm John Favreau. I'm Dan Feifer. |
| 0:22.8 | On today's show, Donald Trump holds another absolute banger |
| 0:25.9 | of a press conference while Kamala Harris and Joe Biden |
| 0:28.7 | hold their first joint event since the president left the race. |
| 0:31.8 | Big announcement about lower drug prices. |
| 0:34.7 | And later, R.F.K. Jr. was apparently willing to drop out of the race |
| 0:38.8 | if Kamala Harris offered him a job. |
| 0:41.9 | But first, there is one topic that Republicans are focusing on |
| 0:45.9 | the last couple days and it's not Kamala Harris or the economy or even immigration. |
| 0:50.7 | It's this. Quit whining about her. |
| 0:54.0 | The campaign is not going to win talking about crowd sizes. |
| 0:57.0 | It's not going to win talking about what race Kamla Harris is. |
| 1:01.0 | It's not going to win talking about whether she's dumb. I will say |
| 1:05.0 | that in that discussion with Elon to me he seemed quite rambling. I mean it was |
| 1:09.7 | like yeah he rambles he goes on too long at his rallies and in these exchanges and at his |
| 1:17.0 | press or the other day to where you get kind of bored you lose the thread you |
| 1:21.4 | lose interest. The waiting formula for President Trump is very plain to see |
| 1:25.6 | it's fewer insults, more insights, and that policy contrast. It's insane to |
| 1:30.7 | attack Kamla Harris personally when in fact the attacks on her actual |
| 1:39.6 | policy statements will be much more devastating. |
| 1:45.0 | So that was Nicky Haley, Megan Kelly, Kelly and |
| 1:50.0 | Peter Navarro. |
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