Why wasn't there a blue wave?
Andrew Yang Podcast
Andrew Yang & Audacy
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Richard Ojeda has been many things: a U.S. Army major, a state senator, a spokesperson for No Dem Left Behind, and more. Now, he is also the host of his own podcast, "Airborne." In this special crossover episode, he and Andrew compare field notes from the presidential campaign and discuss why Democrats struggled this election season.
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| 0:00.0 | I was a traditional swing state, Obama wanted. |
| 0:03.5 | And then Iowa went for Trump by nine points in 2016 |
| 0:07.6 | and eight points in 2020. |
| 0:08.8 | Yeah, and then I also have to say, you know, |
| 0:10.7 | we're talking about, when you're talking about Iowa, |
| 0:12.6 | you're talking about farmland. |
| 0:14.4 | You know, you're talking about people |
| 0:15.8 | that were absolutely hurt with these tariffs. |
| 0:19.1 | And that's a place where I would think |
| 0:20.9 | would be the first place to say, |
| 0:22.4 | we're done with this with Donald Trump. |
| 0:25.3 | But you're right. |
| 0:26.2 | I mean, it's one of those shocking things |
| 0:27.4 | when you look at the end of the election |
| 0:28.8 | and you go, wow, how did he pull it off there? |
| 0:31.9 | People are concerned that Iowa may not be a swing state anymore, |
| 0:36.8 | which would be very, very painful. |
| 0:38.6 | And there are some folks in the Democratic Party |
| 0:40.4 | who are looking at it and saying, |
| 0:41.3 | well, you know, this isn't really fertile ground for us anymore. |
| 0:45.7 | If you're in a place that's going red, |
| 0:47.2 | like you're losing it in front of your very eyes, |
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