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The Daily Beast Podcast

Rockstar Obama Sure as Hell Triggered Trump

The Daily Beast Podcast

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4.68.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

It’s night three of the Democratic National Convention and The New Abnormal team are getting a little punchy. Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson are joined by Hillary Clinton’s former senior advisor Phillipe Reines and it’s a barnburner.There were always going to be two gigantic rockstar performances from Barack Obama and Kamala Harris tonight that were going to trigger President Trump—"and sure as hell, they did!” said Rick. “You could disagree with Barack Obama about every policy thing under the sun, but you could always remember that the guy was a spectacular speaker and communicator, and he brought that shit tonight. I mean, he peeled the paint off the damn walls without raising his voice.”Reines nailed Trump’s fury at Obama. “He brings something to the table that really no one else in the world does, which is he can't be called a loser... He was elected president twice. He got more votes twice. I think there's an intimidation there.”Molly has warm words for Hillary Clinton’s focus on winning the election itself, and Reines praises his old boss: “She refrained from mentioning Jim Comey, which is always a positive.”The team agree that Trump is “the platonic ideal of an asshole” but debate whether it would be worth trading a few more years of Trump in office if it meant Don Jr. and Jared Kushner wound up in jail.“Donald Trump can be president for life,” said Rick. “If I can watch Jared torn apart by a pack of wild dogs.” 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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0:00.0

Hi folks, it's Rick Wilson and welcome to the Daily Beasts, the new abnormal.

0:04.6

Hi, I'm Molly Zhangfast, a left-wing pundit and editor at large at the Daily Beast.

0:09.7

I'm also an editor at the Daily Beast, a former Republican political strategist,

0:13.5

best-selling author and full-time troublemaker.

0:15.9

We're here to have fun, sharp conversations with some of the smartest people in media,

0:19.8

politics, business and science that help make what's happening in the country and the world clear.

0:25.6

I'll try to keep Rick to the minimum number of F-bombs and try to keep our kids, pets and other wildlife

0:32.5

sounds from invading our respective bunkers.

0:35.0

It's night three of the Democratic National Convention and we're all a little punchy here,

0:39.5

I'm the new abnormal.

0:40.8

We're joined by my very good friend, and whose name I know how to pronounce very well.

0:45.6

Philippe Rhinos.

0:47.1

Hi, Molly.

0:48.0

Hi, Rick.

0:48.9

Rick, what did you think?

0:50.8

Well, look, I mean, the first half of it was the sort of checklist stuff you have to do at a convention, okay?

0:56.5

The Democrats have to go through the checklist of climate change, gun control,

1:01.1

immigration, things like that.

1:02.3

The Republicans go through their checklist of gun control, abortion, low taxes.

1:08.4

So this was sort of the pro-form apart in the beginning, but nobody gives a shit.

1:12.5

You know why?

1:13.2

There were going to be two gigantic rock star performances tonight that people were thinking about

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