Trump’s Angry New Rants About the Obamas Betray a Deeper MAGA Fear

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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After Barack and Michelle Obama ripped into Donald Trump at the Democratic convention, it unleashed a flood responses from the former president. He ranted that the Obamas had called him names, blamed his advisers for constraining him, and vowed to unleash more personal attacks on Kamala Harris. We think Trump is rattled by the likelihood that the convention is currently uniting the anti-MAGA coalition. We talked to data analyst Lakshya Jain—co-author of a good Politico Magazine piece about new numbers showing a shift toward Harris among many disparate voter groups—who explains what all this says about that coalition’s prospects for success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.7	After Barack and Michelle Obama brought the House down by ripping into Donald Trump at the Democratic Convention this week,
1:11.8	it seemed to open a floodgate of responses from the former president.
1:16.2	Trump ranted that the Obamas had called him names,
1:19.6	vowed to unleash more personal attacks on Kamala Harris,
1:23.2	and blamed his advisors for holding him in check.
1:26.3	We think Trump is deeply rattled right now by a hidden dynamic.
1:30.3	It's highly likely the convention is in the process of uniting the anti-Maga coalition,
1:34.9	which, if it happens, is real trouble for Trump.
1:38.2	A new Politico magazine piece digs deep into recent polling
1:41.8	and finds a striking shift towards Harris among a whole range of
1:46.0	disparate voter groups who together really make up that set of anti-maga constituencies.
1:51.9	Today we're discussing all this with Lakshah Jane, who co-authored that Politico piece and does
1:57.1	modeling for the data group split ticket. Great to have you on, Lakshah.
2:01.9	Thank you for having me.
2:03.7	Okay, first let's go over Trump's response to the Dem Convention.
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