The Dreaded General Election Arrives
The Mona Charen Show
The Bulwark
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode, Philip Bump of The Washington Post joins guest host A.B. Stoddard and the usual crew to discuss the beginning of the general election.
highlights / lowlights
A.B.- The NC Exit Polls where voters thought Trump had better physical and mental fitness to be President than Haley.
Philip- The Crazy Collapse of the House G.O.P.’s Impeachment Case Against Biden
Bill- Ukraine outgunned 10 to 1 in massive artillery battle with Russia
Linda- Mitch McConnell endorses Donald Trump for president after years of frosty ties, and the 9-0 SCOTUS ruling.
Damon- The 9-0 SCOTUS ruling on Trump and the 14th Amendment.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Miracle Maid. Welcome to Begg Differ. |
| 0:13.7 | The Bull Works Weekly Roundtable discussion featuring civil conversation across the |
| 0:18.2 | political spectrum. |
| 0:19.6 | We range from center left to center right, and I'm guest host |
| 0:23.4 | A. B. Stoddard of the bulwark sitting in |
| 0:25.8 | for Mona Charen today. |
| 0:27.6 | Joining me are Damon Linker, who |
| 0:29.6 | publishes Substacked Notes from the Middle Ground. |
| 0:32.4 | Linda Chavez of the Niskannon Center, Bill |
| 0:35.1 | Galston of the Brookings Institution in the Wall Street Journal, and our special guest |
| 0:39.6 | today is Philip Bump of the Washington Post. |
| 0:43.4 | Guys, thank you so much for joining me today. |
| 0:46.2 | This has been the most amazing, I think, |
| 0:50.3 | really starting around the first week of February |
| 0:52.3 | crush of consequential news that will not only shape the 2024 race but I think the country for years to come. |
| 1:02.0 | We're not going to have Donald Trump going to trial beyond his |
| 1:07.0 | porn star hush money case at the end of March. I don't really know what that's |
| 1:11.6 | going to do but everyone who is hoping that they would, on the |
| 1:14.8 | Republican side, impeach Joe Biden. |
| 1:17.4 | It doesn't look like that'll happen on the Democratic side, see a conviction for Donald |
| 1:21.4 | Trump. |
| 1:22.4 | But we are at the dreaded general election |
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