Weeds 2020: The coronavirus election

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, News, News Commentary, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.5 • 11.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week, President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential contenders Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders each gave separate speeches in response to a rapidly escalating coronavirus outbreak in the United States. What did they say? How do their responses differ? And what do those speeches tell us about how their future (or current) administrations? Vox’s Ezra Klein and Matt Yglesias discuss on this week’s 2020 election edition of The Weeds. Then, how will coronavirus impact the general election in November? Matt and Ezra run through the political science research on how economic growth correlates with electoral success, how analogous situations (like severe weather events) have impacted past elections and more. Hint: things don’t look so great for Donald Trump. For more conversations like this one, subscribe to The Weeds on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts! Resources: President Trump's oval office address Joe Biden's coronavirus address Bernie Sanders' coronavirus address Hosts: Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox Ezra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, Vox 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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0:35.0	My fellow Americans, tonight I want to speak with you about our nation's unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak.
0:44.0	This virus laid bare the severe shortcomings of the current administration.
0:50.0	That is largely incompetent and whose incompetence and recklessness have threatened by the pandemic.
0:57.0	Have threatened the lives of many, many people in our country.
1:08.0	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:12.0	I'm Matthew Glacias, recording a live from my closet because our offices are closed due to coronavirus.
1:19.0	Joining me today is Ezra Klein from his house in California.
1:24.0	And I guess that's the story really.
1:28.0	We're social distancing.
1:31.0	Jeff Gell, designer, weird conference call with us.
1:34.0	It's a miracle.
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