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Now please enjoy the show. This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic produced and presented by the

DSR Network. I'm your host Greg Sergeant. According to new reports, Republicans are bolting as fast as they can away from Donald

Trump's racist comments attacking

Kamala Harris's blackness. These reports paint a picture of a party that is

suddenly in something of a panic about Trump's chances in November. This comes as Trump is positively raging

about another piece of bad news for him. U.S. officials managed to negotiate a

prisoner swap that freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerschkovich

from Russian captivity.

We've clearly entered a new phase in this race where Trump is suddenly in real danger. But why now? What exactly

changed? We're happy to be chatting about this with Stuart Stevens, a senior

advisor at the Lincoln Project, and an operative with extensive experience in Republican politics who has forcefully

renounced his former party. Great to have you on Stuart.

Great, thanks for asking you, man. I'm a huge fan, first-time caller.

All right.

I wish we had Collins, but maybe we can figure that out.

Okay, Stuart, to catch people up, earlier this week at the National Association of Black Journalists, Trump questioned

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