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Lost Debate

The Trump Indictment, The Future of the GOP with Kristen Soltis Anderson

Lost Debate

The Branch

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6607 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Ravi jumps in to give his thoughts on the indictment of former President Donald Trump. Then, Ravi interviews Republican Pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson where they discuss viable challengers in the 2024 GOP primary, DeSantis’ potential presidential run, the GOP’s appeal to younger voters, and whether education will be a focal point issue in the primary and general elections. [00:38] - Thoughts on Trump indictment [12:18] - Interview with Kristen Soltis Anderson Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow Lost Debate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lostdebate/ Follow Lost Debate on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lostdebate Follow Lost Debate on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thelostdebate The Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms:  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

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0:00.0

The message of it's important, but we have to focus on the future.

0:05.9

We have to focus on other things.

0:07.6

We can't look back.

0:08.6

We have to look forward.

0:10.4

Is more of what you find Republican voters saying, yeah, that sounds right.

0:14.1

I think that what happened in the past was wrong, but I want to look forward at the

0:19.4

problems that we're facing down the road.

0:21.4

And that's where someone like Iran DeSantis, I think, is going to have an advantage,

0:25.1

because Donald Trump just cannot stop focusing on things that happened in the past

0:29.6

and relitigating old grievances.

0:41.1

Welcome to The Lost Debate, a show for Political Ecclectics.

0:42.1

I'm Ravi Gupta.

0:47.5

And this is a special episode of Lost Debate where we talk about the future of the GOP and the makeup of this 2024 GOP primary.

0:52.6

And I talk in this episode to Kristen Soltus Anderson, who is a famous pollster

0:57.9

and commentator on TV and has largely worked with Republican candidates in the past.

1:02.7

And she and I talk about, you know, what's happening in the GOP field? How strong is Trump?

1:07.7

Is DeSantis a viable challenger? Are there any other viable challengers in the race?

1:12.3

We also talk about the GOP's potential appeal to young voters, something that Kristen has been

1:17.7

talking and writing about for a long time and whether they can grow their base of support

1:22.1

with young voters. And then we kind of broaden out the discussion to talk about parents in general school issues

1:28.4

and how much education is going to play a part in this 2024 election and, you know, just say,

1:33.3

like, well, what can the two parties do to persuade parents, including some of those, like,

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