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Explain It to Me

Trump sells out

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Dara, Jane, and Matt discuss Jane’s argument that the GOP establishment changed Trump more than he changed the party. Resources: "Trump was supposed to change the GOP. But the GOP changed him." by Jane Coaston, Vox "Trump's approval rating among black voters jumps nine points during GOP convention: Poll" by Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Washington Examiner White paper Hosts: Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior Correspondent, Vox Jane Coaston (@cjane87), Senior politics correspondent, Vox Dara Lind (@DLind), Immigration reporter, ProPublica Credits: Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and Producer The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

We need to do more pirate content.

0:03.6

I think that's where I've come here.

0:05.4

Are.

0:06.4

Hello, welcome to another episode of Weeds on the Vox Media Podcast Network.

0:23.5

I'm Matthew Glacias of Here with Jane Kostin, ProPublica's Darryl Lynn.

0:27.9

You're going to talk about a great piece of the Jane Road about the state of the Republican

0:33.0

Party, some relevant parallel thoughts about the state of the Democratic Party.

0:38.2

I did want to toot my own horn, though, at the top say there is an excerpt of 1 billion

0:43.0

Americans available now at New York Magazine.

0:46.0

Check it out.

0:47.0

It's got sort of, it's an adaptation of the introduction of the book, really.

0:51.4

Read it.

0:52.4

If you find it delightful, you should pre-order my book.

0:55.3

If you tweet about it, if you tweet your proof of purchase rather, I will enter you into

0:59.6

a lottery to win the Weeds White Paper.

1:02.0

Now, some people have been writing to me.

1:03.8

They've been saying, Matt, Matt, we don't care what you think.

1:06.8

We want Jane and Darryl's books, but the best way you can get them to write a book is

1:12.9

to buy my book, frankly, because if my book is a huge success, then everybody's going to

1:19.6

say, oh, wait, the Weeds, the Weeds sells books.

1:22.7

Weeds listeners love to buy books.

1:24.4

You've got to throw money at Darryl and Jane, so help them out by helping me out and

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