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The Focus Group Podcast

S4 Ep46: MAGA According to JD Vance (with Ian Ward)

The Focus Group Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

JD Vance's evolution on Trump over the years has left voters wondering what he really believes. But our guest this week can shed some light on that. POLITICO's Ian Ward joins Sarah to discuss his reporting on JD Vance and the "new right" more broadly. They also discuss Ian's reporting from inside Project 2025, and the role it may play in a future Trump administration...regardless of what Trump says.

Show notes
By Ian Ward:

It Was Supposed to Be Trump’s Administration in Waiting. But Project 2025 Was a Mirage All Along.

Is There Something More Radical than MAGA? J.D. Vance Is Dreaming It.

JD Vance on Elizabeth Warren, Steve Bannon and What’s Wrong With the GOP

Are Republican Voters Ready for the Nerdy Radicalness of JD Vance?

The Seven Thinkers and Groups That Have Shaped JD Vance’s Unusual Worldview



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Bullwork and this week we're covering a guy whose rollout on the national stage has gone

1:00.9

worse than the Obamacare website.

1:02.9

I'm talking about J.D. Vance.

1:05.2

As soon as Vance joined Trump's ticket,

1:07.4

everyone remembered that he'd done things like say Trump maybe,

1:10.2

America's Hitler and called him cultural heroin. That was before he befriended Tucker Carlson,

1:16.1

Peter Teal, and Donald Trump Jr. and said the country is run by a bunch of childless cat ladies.

1:21.8

But crazy though he may be, Vance is indicative of a new strain of thinking in

1:26.1

the GOP that will outlast Trump regardless of how this election turns out. And that is what I want to talk about today. My guest is Ian Ward from Politico, who spent quite a lot of time with Vance over the last couple years and has been really grappling with what this new right means for the future of the GOP.

1:45.3

Ian, thanks for being here.

1:46.7

Thanks for having me.

1:47.7

So you just wrote a big piece about Project 2025, which is excellent and I recommend to everybody.

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