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Liam Donovan

πŸ‘€ Speaker
577 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

And Donald Trump was first in class.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

It's just a great kind of summation of all these things.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

But it gives you a sensitive flavor for, like, who Massey is.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

And I do think he was a thorn in the side of this White House and of the party for the longest time.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

But I thinkβ€”

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

to your point, he was able to take issues that get a particular premium online.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

If you can take some of these polemical issues that get a lot of engagement and make that your issue, that's not really what we were talking about, but he was able to wrap himself in it in a way that I think got a lot of attention and was able to, in some ways, benefit him.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

He was able to fight a pretty close race.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

And I think

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

That is a valuable way of getting attention.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

If you are a candidate, particularly an insurgent candidate, if you try to make races about these issues, you can find an audience for it.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

And whether or not it pays electoral dividends, I think that's something to watch for.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

I think that's right.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

I mean, I think it's much easier to synthesize

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

Who knows where it goes?

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

But I think Republicans have an easier time containing this and sorting it out.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

I'm watching Vice President Vance as the one who is kind of the – he has spoken up on this and I think is trying to sort that out because there is a generational divide.

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

There are certain politics that have been imprinted on –

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

How are you going to hold Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson together in one party?

The Ezra Klein Show
Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

I don't think Tucker Carlson wants to be involved in any party right now.