Astead Herndon

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Today, Explained · Progressives take on the Rust Belt · 18 Jul 2026 podcast

I know you've kind of been clear-eyed about calling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide. matched

I would wonder about kind of larger arms sales, like defensive weapons. matched

Is that something that the U.S. matched

should be providing money for to Israel? matched

Yeah. matched

And I think we should also say it's important – matched

to know that this is aligned with a sea change that's happened among a Democratic base that is documented not only in reporting, but polling, that a lot of folks have come to kind of see your position, particularly in the last couple of years. matched

And Michigan is the place where the uncommitted movement was taking shape in 2024. matched

Harris got 36 percent of the vote in Dearborn. matched

Biden had won nearly 69 percent of the vote there in 2020. matched

She lost the state by 80,000 votes. matched

I wanted to connect the kind of policy issue talking about with the political electability question we were talking about previously. matched

Do you think your kind of pro-Palestinian advocacy helps you win votes in the general? matched

You know, because that's the other side of the argument that the third ways are making, which is obviously arguing that there's an electoral cost to your policy statement. matched

It's an easy question to ask. matched

Like, I think it's important to the question, but that's why I pose it. matched

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I want to ask about looking forward. matched

We kind of laid out the stakes of electability. matched

And I do think whether you're successful or not in this primary will be seen as a kind of larger reverberation on the question of the progressive lane and its ability to win. matched

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