The Real Reason Trump Won.

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Government, Politics

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Harry talks with Michael Tomasky, Editor of the New Republic, about his article, “Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?” Tomasky digs beneath the demographic information about increased Hispanic voters or concerns about immigration to explain the pivotal fact that vast fractions of the electorate – roughly those who voted for Trump – had a false narrative fed to them by right-wing media, which has become more powerful than legacy media in this country (owing in part to the decline of legacy media), and, far more importantly, speaks in one voice and has a hammerlock on the attention of nearly half the country. Tomasky delineates the strategic genesis and rise of right-wing media, tracing it to huge contributions from right wing forces, whereas the left’s high rollers chiefly contribute to specific causes. Tomasky posits that the right-wing media will not be satisfied with its notable successes but will aim for full domination, and sounds a warning bell for the left to appreciate and respond to the immense political force. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	Welcome to Talking Fed's one-on-one, deep-dive discussions with national figures
0:43.0	about the most fascinating and consequential issues defining our culture and shaping our lives.
0:50.6	I'm your host, Harry Littman.
0:53.2	Hello, everyone. Welcome to another one-on-one on talking feds.
0:59.0	Really happy to be here today with Michael Tomaski, the editor of the New Republic.
1:05.0	He's also the author of the weekly newsletter, Fighting Words, Where His Article,
1:10.4	Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won was? weekly newsletter, fighting words, where his article, why does no one understand the real reason
1:13.5	Trump won was first published? He's also the author of five books, including his latest,
1:19.1	the middle out, the rise of progressive economics, and a return to shared prosperity. But to my
1:26.1	mind, he's come the closest to sort of splitting the atom. That's
1:30.8	probably a bad metaphor, but accounting for on the one hand Trump's win that caused some
1:37.5	surprise and certainly consternation on the left. And the fact, if I can call that, the polls and other things seem to establish
1:46.6	that what Trump has done, what he stands for, what his policies were, were not popular
1:53.5	among the electorate. And then just the huge fact staring us in the face that he was returned to the White House for years
2:03.3	after the most pernicious crime against the Constitution by any president in history, I think
2:09.4	I would say. So you have had a lot of people in disbelief and despair over the apparent
2:16.2	indifference of the electorate towards
2:19.1	trot's very long lists of misdeeds and even constitutional treachery.
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