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Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

Trump’s Spiritual Battle to the White House With McKay Coppins

Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

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4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Tara is joined by McKay Coppins from The Atlantic to discuss his recent reporting on Donald Trump’s peculiar relationship with evangelical voters. They talk about the prayer rituals before Trump’s rallies, analyze the contradictions of being on the religious right and supporting a less-than-righteous candidate, and shine a light on where Mormons stand on the wedge issues driving this year’s election. For more of Tara’s reporting, please sign up for her newsletter, 'The Best and the Brightest,' at puck.news/tarapalmeri and use the discount code TARA20. Host: Tara Palmeri Guest: McKay Coppins Producer: Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

In the summer of 1999, thousands attended what would be the final iteration of the Woodstock Music Festivals.

0:07.0

But unlike its namesake, Woodstock 99 was not about peace and love.

0:12.0

Joining me as I dive deep into this story about music, mud, violence, and tragedy.

0:18.0

From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Stephen Heiden.

0:22.0

And this is Break Stuff, the story of Woodstock 99.

0:26.0

Available Tuesday, August 27th.

0:48.8

Hi. Hi, I'm Tara Paul Mary. I'm Puck's senior political correspondent, and this is

0:54.0

Somebody's got a win. On this episode I talked to the Atlantic's McKay Coppins about the Christian right, specifically evangelicals, and how they've become even more

0:58.7

zealous in their devotion to Donald Trump. Many no longer need to rationalize him as the

1:04.6

lesser of two evils or as a useful vessel for their pro-life agenda. Now many of

1:09.5

them see him at almost a profit level who can restore America's covenant with God.

1:14.1

He noticed a switch by analyzing the prayers that faith leaders delivered at Trump's

1:18.9

rallies, describing America in almost apocalyptic terms and seeing selection as a spiritual battle.

1:25.4

We also talk about how Mormons, who for the past two cycles were skeptical of Donald Trump,

1:29.8

are also starting to come around to him and how this could tip the scales in the

1:32.9

important battleground state of Arizona. We dig into what's changed, why these

1:37.6

voters segments see Trump differently and how it could impact the race. But first I

1:41.6

want to talk about some of my new reporting. As you know,

1:44.0

Democrats left the DNC floating on a cloud with a lot of messaging that was

1:48.3

targeting their own believers. There's obviously tremendous enthusiasm and a ton of fundraising.

1:54.0

Kalma Harris's campaign says they have raised 540 million dollars since it launched about five weeks ago.

2:01.0

These are strong indicators of grassroots participation and

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