Swamp Notes: Is Maga good for Biden?
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Democrats have honed in on a novel campaign strategy over the past few election cycles: elevate Trump-backed candidates in GOP primaries, and then blow past them in general elections. So far, the strategy has mostly paid off, but will this risky gamble work in 2024? The FT’s deputy Washington bureau chief, Lauren Fedor, and US managing editor, Peter Spiegel, join to discuss. Credit: Associated Press, WCPO-9
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| 0:12.0 | Bernie Moreno is a businessman who's claimed the 2020 election was stolen |
| 0:16.7 | and described January 6th rioters as political prisoners. |
| 0:21.3 | How does Ohio feel about President Donald J. Trump? |
| 0:24.7 | Now, with a little help from Democratic Party donors, |
| 0:30.3 | he's the GOP nominee for Ohio's Senate seat. |
| 0:34.0 | This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing, |
| 0:40.0 | where we talk about all of the things happening in the 2024 U.S. |
| 0:44.1 | presidential election. I'm Sonia Hudson and this week we're asking why are |
| 0:49.8 | Democrats boosting Trump-backed candidates. |
| 0:54.0 | Here with me to discuss is Peter Spiegel. |
| 0:55.9 | He's the F.T's US managing editor. |
| 0:58.4 | Hi Peter. |
| 0:59.2 | Thanks for having me, Sonia. |
| 1:00.4 | And we've also got Lauren Feeder, the F.T.'s Deputy Washington Bureau Chief. |
| 1:04.0 | Hi, Lauren. |
| 1:05.0 | Hi, Sonia. |
| 1:07.0 | Okay, so we just had a big primary election day earlier this week. |
| 1:11.0 | Voters headed to the polls in Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Florida, and Ohio. |
| 1:17.2 | And I want to focus on Ohio because that is where Democrats helped elevate a MAGA candidate |
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