Voting Against Trump | Interview: David Frum

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Notorious RINO and Atlantic writer David Frum joins Jamie Weinstein to explain why he’s voting for Kamala Harris this election. Frum, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush and a longtime critic of Donald Trump, believes that the current Republican Party no longer reflects conservative principles and has been overtaken by populism. The Agenda: —Frum’s history with conservatism —Donald Trump as a “unique danger” —Frum’s personal connection to the Gaza hostages —Assessing Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s foreign relation strategy —Is J.D. Vance dangerous? —Is Frum still a border hawk? —Canada’s new leaders are emerging after housing crisis —What to make of campus protests over Gaza Show Notes: —Frum for The Atlantic: Women Can Be Autocrats, Too The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and weekly livestreams—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dispatch podcast. I'm Jamie Weinstein. We have just three episodes before the
0:07.4	2024 presidential election. So for two of those episodes I'm going to bring a
0:12.0	conservative on to make the case for So for
0:15.0	the vice president, this week,
0:18.0	Donald Trump.
0:19.4	This week we have the case for Vice President Kamala Harris and the guest is David Frome.
0:26.0	He is a staff writer at the Atlantic magazine, a former speech writer for George W Bush and the author of many books, a writer on many
0:34.4	different topics. We get into his case for Vice President Harris for president.
0:39.3	I think you're going to find this conversation fascinating. The full disclosure
0:42.4	as I do these interviews before the election on who to vote for.
0:45.4	As I tell David from, I am on the same side, at least voting as he is, but I try to press
0:50.4	him on those issues on whether that is the right decision and whether there
0:54.0	are alternative ways to look at it despite my agreement on that.
0:58.0	But without further do I give you Mr. David from. David Frum, welcome to the dispatch podcast.
1:17.0	Thank you so much.
1:18.0	In these closing weeks before the election,
1:21.0	I wanted to bring a conservative who supports Donald Trump and a
1:24.8	conservative who supports Kamala Harris on. For full disclosure I will be voting for the
1:29.7	vice president which is why we have you on here as well to be the affirmative side but
1:34.8	I'm going to try to press you nonetheless on the reasons why a conservative
1:40.1	would support
1:45.0	Kamala Harris over Donald Trump.
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