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The Focus Group Podcast

S4 Ep31: Trump's 'F*ck You' Strategy (with Marc Caputo)

The Focus Group Podcast

The Bulwark

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump said that Nikki Haley's supporters would be "permanently barred" from the MAGA camp...and he's keeping that promise in the general election. Bulwark MAGA-world correspondent Marc Caputo joins Sarah to listen to Nikki Haley's base...those that are abandoning Trump in the general election, and those that are sticking with him.

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and

0:13.7

welcome to the focus group podcast I'm Sarah Longwell publisher of the bulwark and this week there's

0:18.1

one number that I've been thinking about a lot as it relates to the number of

0:22.1

Republicans who are unwilling to vote for

0:24.0

Donald Trump in November. That number is 30%. You've heard me talk about it on a

0:28.1

number of pods because that is roughly the percentage of Republicans who don't believe

0:31.9

the election was stolen and

0:33.2

nicky haly was hovering around that mark in a lot of the primary contests

0:37.1

before she dropped out of the race too also tends to be the number that you see of

0:40.8

Republicans who say that Donald Trump being convicted of a felony

0:44.8

will make a difference in how they'll vote and so I think that number is really

0:48.1

indicative of something. Now as we're going to discuss today some of these 30%ers are more getable than others when it comes to not voting for Trump in November.

0:58.4

Some of them have already voted for Joe Biden and are going to do so again.

1:02.0

Some of them are former Trump voters

1:04.0

who believe he should never hold office again,

1:06.2

and others are going to go back to Trump

1:08.1

and the team overall come November.

1:10.8

So we're gonna compare and contrast those a bit. My

1:13.0

guest today is Mark Caputo, National Political reporter and resident

1:16.9

Florida man at the bulwark and author of our newsletter Magaville which is

1:21.9

very good and you should all check out.

1:23.7

Mark, thanks for being here.

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