What Next: The Democrats’ MAGA Gambit

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🗓️ 4 August 2022

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In the primaries of purple states like Michigan, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, Trump-backed, far-right candidates have been getting a boost from a surprising source: the Democrats. Calculating that it will give their party the edge in general elections, local and national Dems have spent thousands elevating extremists. But will the strategy pay off? Guest: Jim Newell, senior politics writer for Slate If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, gosh, guys, sorry to keep you waiting, but it's decisive at this point.
0:11.2	We did it.
0:12.4	If you listen to their acceptance speeches, it's hard to miss a certain glee in the tone
0:19.0	of Republican primary winners this week.
0:22.2	Arizona has sent a message loud and clear. We are sick of Joe Biden and the Democrats
0:30.5	destroying our country.
0:34.6	Election Day was Tuesday.
0:36.4	Primaries were held in a couple of big swing states. In Arizona, the Republican who is now
0:40.9	on the ballot for Senate is an election denier, affiliated with the oath keepers and endorsed
0:47.6	by Trump.
0:48.7	This is us versus the cartel.
0:51.4	In Michigan, the newly minted Republican candidate for governor seemed to be spoiling
0:56.0	for a fight.
0:57.3	Trump endorsed her too.
0:58.6	I'm doing this for you, girls, and every child in Michigan to make sure that the next
1:03.9	four years are filled with opportunities and not locked classrooms and massive grocery
1:09.8	bowls.
1:12.1	And then there's the victor in a house race in Grand Rapids.
1:16.1	We do have a projected winner this morning in Michigan's third congressional district
1:20.3	primary.
1:21.3	I mean, as listen to one Trump endorsed candidate, a guy who won the Republican primary for a
1:25.6	house seat in Michigan, John Gibbs.
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