Why Trump Would Easily Crush DeSantis in Battle Today

The New Abnormal

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🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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If former President Donald Trump were to go against popular Florida Governor Ron DeSantis today in the race for 2024, Trump would still knock DeSantis out despite the far-right Gov.’s rise in popularity in important states over the last year. That’s according to CNN political commentator and New York Daily News columnist S.E. Cupp, who joins host Andy Levy on this week’s episode of political podcast, The New Abnormal. Elsewhere on this-post election-themed podcast, guest host Sam Brodey, the Daily Beast’s congressional correspondent, reflects on how we underestimated what Democrats were working with regarding what really resonated with voters. Elsewhere on this-post election-themed podcast, guest host Sam Brodey, the Daily Beast’s congressional correspondent, reflects on how we underestimated what Democrats were working with regarding what really resonated with voters. Ari Berman, Mother Jones National Voting Rights correspondent and author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, echoes those thoughts, reminding us that “this was the first time in US history that a constitutional right had been given and taken away.”

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy and current cable news conscientious
0:06.4	objector.
0:07.4	I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.
0:10.2	And I'm producer Jesse Kettin, and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off
0:14.0	the rails.
0:15.0	We're here to have fun, smart conversations with some great guest co-hosts, as well as
0:19.4	some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining people in politics, media, and beyond.
0:24.1	Our goal is to try to make some sense of our current crazy world, our new abnormal, and
0:28.8	hopefully even make you laugh through the tears.
0:31.2	All right, you want election analysis?
0:33.8	We got election analysis today.
0:36.5	First we're joined by CNN commentator in New York Daily News columnist, SE Cup, who
0:41.1	will talk to us about what she saw with the Republican Party's failures on this midterm
0:45.3	election.
0:46.3	Then we're lucky enough to be joined by Mother Jones National Voting Rights correspondent
0:49.8	in author of Give Us the Ballet, the modern struggle for voting rights in America,
0:53.8	Ari Berman.
0:54.8	And he'll talk to us about what he saw with the vote in the midterms.
0:57.9	And first we're joined by the Daily Beast Congressional correspondent, Sam Brody.
1:02.1	Sam, thanks for being with us today to guest co-host.
1:05.5	Yeah, I'm so happy to be here.
1:07.5	So there was an election this week.
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