The Campaign Moment: Trump’s security and a GOP problem in N.C.
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 20 September 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
“Post Reports” co-host Elahe Izadi and senior political reporter Aaron Blake chat with national political reporter Michael Scherer about all of this week’s political news. They also dig into how last week’s first – and perhaps only – debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump is shaping voters’ perceptions of the candidates.
Today’s show was produced by Laura Benshoff and mixed by Sean Carter. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and Mary Jo Murphy.
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| 0:00.0 | Next week Saturday Night Live returns and on Thursday |
| 0:07.0 | producer Lauren Michaels confirmed on the record that |
| 0:10.0 | comedian Maya Rudolph is going to come back this season. |
| 0:13.7 | As you may know, she's played Kamala Harris on the show, |
| 0:17.5 | so I was curious, who are they going to pick to play |
| 0:21.0 | J.D. Vance and Tim Walls. Do you guys have suggestions? |
| 0:25.8 | God, these questions are always so hard at the start of this project. |
| 0:28.6 | Yeah, the problem is that I have no idea who any like contemporary actors and comedians are. |
| 0:36.0 | Who's going to play RFK Jr? |
| 0:38.0 | That's the other question. |
| 0:39.0 | Oh, that is the question. |
| 0:40.0 | Maybe RFK Jr. will play RFK Jr. |
| 0:43.0 | I feel like he would be game to show up on Saturday at Live. |
| 0:46.0 | I don't know. |
| 0:47.0 | So they'll bring back Pete Davidson in like a muscle suit. |
| 0:51.0 | That is an inspired choice, Michael. |
| 0:55.0 | Welcome to the campaign moment on this Friday, September 20th. I'm Elahayizadi, co-host of Post reports. |
| 1:07.0 | And I'm Aaron Blake, senior political reporter and author of the campaign moment newsletter. |
| 1:12.0 | We're also joined this week by Michael Shearer, who and author of the campaign moment newsletter. |
| 1:12.7 | We're also joined this week by Michael Shearer, |
| 1:14.8 | who's a national political reporter covering campaigns, |
| 1:18.0 | Congress, and the White House here at the post. |
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