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Hacks On Tap

The Fight (with Tim Alberta)

Hacks On Tap

Hacks On Tap

News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

4.87.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, Axe and Murphy are joined by esteemed journalist, Republican chronicler, and author Tim Alberta. Together, they dive into an incredibly significant and historic news cycle, covering the shocking attempted assassination of a former president, the opening night of the Republican National Convention, Trump's VP pick and protégé, classified documents, political shifts, strength versus weakness, legacy politics, and much more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, pull up a chair. It's hacks on tap with David Axelrod, Robert Gibbs, and Mike Murphy. And I think we all can agree whether people like them or they don't like them.

0:28.0

In light of what happened to him on Saturday, he has proven to be one tough S.O.B.

0:35.0

So Mike Murphy, we're missing you here in Milwaukee, but I understand why I'm banned I'm banned and I I love Milwaukee I used to a lot of racism in Wisconsin but I have a rule in my

0:50.7

dotage that I only go to Republican conventions where we have two requirements,

0:55.7

one a sane candidate and two I have an officer pass and neither are true this year so I'm more than happy watching it from my but you could have gotten a use-ingers brought worst

1:06.4

I mean think about that my day is passed I I I was interested though to hear that was from Sean O'Brien that

1:15.0

Boston the Teamsters who gave an effective speech

1:18.0

although as an old Republican it's new for me to hear about

1:22.0

economic terrorism from the dais of a Republican National Convention.

1:27.0

That was quite a U-turn there.

1:29.0

Well, listen, there's nobody who knows and has chronicled the evolution of the Republican Party in this

1:36.0

country better than Tim Alberta of the Atlantic who is with us.

1:43.0

Good to see you buddy.

1:46.0

Tell me, you know, I watched that speech by Sean O'Brien,

1:52.2

and I looked at the crowd and other than the S.O. B line I think people were trying to figure out what to do.

2:00.0

Yeah, they were acts and Mike thanks for having me guys. Yeah, it was interesting. So I'm actually up in my perch right now in the press rises where I was last night during that

2:20.0

during that speech and you know this is my fourth Republican convention and I was really carefully scanning the crowd and during those moments it was interesting because up until then I really found myself marveling at how incredibly

2:28.4

unified for a lack of a better word this convention is. I mean, especially relative to 2016 when half the convention.

2:36.1

Except what Mitch McConnell was introduced.

2:38.3

Except when Mitch McConnell was booed.

2:39.7

Yeah, that was interesting.

2:41.3

But like you think back to 2016 in Cleveland guys, half the delegates

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