The Morning After: A Midterm Breakdown

Notes from America with Kai Wright

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🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Of red ripples and blue walls. Host Kai Wright joins The Brian Lehrer Show to help digest election results. Why did Democrats defy predictions? And where does it leave the Republican Party?

Other panelists include Alexis Grenell, columnist for The Nation and the cofounder of Pythia Public, and Charlie Sykes, founder and editor-at-large and host of a podcast at "The Bulwark," MSNBC contributor and author of How the Right Lost Its Mind (St. Martin's Press, 2017). The three help callers deconstruct the results and reflect on how the democratic process has held up this election.

PRODUCERS NOTE: This conversation took place the morning after Election Day 2022. Official vote tallies and other news have likely developed. Check WNYC or Gothamist.com for the latest updates

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0:00.0	Blue walls, red ripples, the old electoral metaphors have rarely felt as unsatisfying to me
0:16.7	as they do right now. We're working on our upcoming episode and in it, we're going to
0:22.0	basically exit poll listeners. So I want to hear from all of you right now. What exactly
0:29.2	motivated your vote, abortion rights, democracy, something totally different, and maybe
0:35.1	super personal or local. And whatever motivated you, how are you feeling now as we settle into
0:41.6	this new political order? You can just leave a voice note for us right on our website. Go to
0:47.0	notes from america.org and you'll see a record button. Just go to that and let it rip.
0:53.7	And in the meantime, I'm going to share a conversation I had the morning after election day.
0:59.2	This is a segment I participated in on the Brian Lehrer show with Charlie Sykes of the
1:04.4	Bullwork and Alexis Grinnell from the nation. And we're all kind of processing allowed. And,
1:10.2	you know, maybe there's something here that sparks you and you get ready to leave us that voice note.
1:15.2	So take a listen and thanks for participating.
1:29.5	It's the Brian Lehrer show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. We continue our election
1:35.6	coverage now with three guests. Kai Wright, host of WNYC's notes from America with Kai Wright,
1:42.0	heard Sunday evenings at six o'clock. Alexis Grinnell, columnist for the nation and co-founder of
1:47.6	Pithia Public, a political consultancy, which works mostly with Democrats and Charlie Sykes,
1:53.4	founder and editor at large, and host of a podcast at the Bullwork, a publication largely of
1:59.3	anti-Trump conservatives. He's also an MSNBC contributor and author of the book, How the Right
2:05.8	Lost Its Mind. Thanks to all of you for coming on. And Alexis and Charlie, welcome back to WNYC.
2:12.0	Thank you. Thank you, Brian. Hey, and listeners, the phones remain open for any questions or comments
2:18.6	on any election result, local or national 212433 WNYC 212433 9692 or tweet at Brian Lehrer.
2:30.5	The employees of Twitter may be getting fired, but the algorithm will still let you through as long
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