Fani Willis Trump Case Done, COVID Bombshell, and Attacker Caught, with Chamath Palihapitiya, Dave Aronberg, Phil Holloway, and NYU Students | Ep. 1205
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What political updates are discussed regarding the Trump administration?
Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at noon east.
Hey, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show. Coming up today, an exclusive interview with a family friend who was assaulted in New York City. Two young women who were assaulted, actually. And amazingly, there is a happy ending to this story, thanks to the power of social media and X and all of you. And we'll tell you about it. Plus a Kelly's Court on Luigi Mangione, January 6th, and those pipe bombs and more. But we begin today with some political news. The Republican who was running for the seat in Tennessee being vacated by a Republican did manage to pull it out in the special election yesterday in Tennessee. But it was close. It was closer than the Republicans would have liked. Last count I saw in the New York Times was around nine points between the GOP candidate and the weird Democrat who cried outside of the governor's office.
It should have been 22 points. That's what Trump won that district by. And it's a solidly red district. So why are the Republicans only winning it by nine points, especially since the Democrat candidate was a complete loon? That's a problem. I mean, the Republicans can just pretend that they don't have any problems. That's fine. You can do that. If you want to sit here for the next 11 months and say, this is all your haters. OK, we'll see how that turns out for you in November. Or you could actually get honest about why you're having these problems and change some things and then possibly win. the midterm elections. It's not a foregone conclusion that you're going to lose. Look what Joe Biden did. Yes, the Republicans took, they did okay, but there was no big red wave.
Remember that a couple of years ago? You could limit the losses. Will they try? Will they try to figure it out what's causing this? We'll talk about it. Joining me now on this and much, much more is Chamath Palihapitiya. He is a co-host of the All In podcast and CEO of Social Capital. Chamath, welcome back. Hi, Megan. How are you? Great to see you. Great to see you. Let's start there because, you know, our mutual friend, your close friend, David Sachs, is in the administration. I know a lot of folks in the administration. And this thing in Tennessee is a bit of a rattler. Trump won it by 22. They only won it last night by 10. The Democrat is a nutcase. Excuse me. Yes, they put a bunch of money into the race, the Dems, but so do the Republicans.
So what's happening here? Like, if you actually got the audience with Trump and he said, what should I do to make sure it's not a bloodbath for Republicans in November, what would you tell him? I think the plan... is actually pretty straightforward to diagnose, but it's complicated to fix. So just to set some context, when I was at the White House, I think it was two or three weeks ago, I saw some data that had been vetted and that was about to be shared with the president. Now I think it's been widely shared, which is that under Joe Biden, I think that the average American family lost about $3,000 of purchasing power. The reason they lost that was in large part because of inflation and runaway costs and the cost of practical, useful things that they need for their life, electricity, healthcare, and childcare.
The Trump administration starts from a $3,000 hole. Now, what they've been able to do in 11 months is that they've earned back $1,000, which is a third of where they are. I think the problem, though, is that they will need to find the other 2,000. And it's not their fault because, again, they inherit where they started from. But I think the perception that people have is just that negative $2,000. So if I had to diagnose and answer I think it's about breaking down the population that's voting into three cohorts. Cohort number one are people that are mostly retired. I think that their priority is going to be mostly around healthcare. Then there's cohort number two, which are middle-aged, middle-income families.
I think their huge sensitivity is general cost of living.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What political updates are discussed regarding the Trump administration?
0:00–10:37
2
What are Chamath Palihapitiya's insights on the economy and midterms?
10:37–14:33
3
What bombshell reporting is revealed about COVID vaccine dangers?
14:33–25:28
4
How did the Fani Willis case against Trump conclude?
25:28–44:15
5
What happened to Amelia Lewis during her assault in NYC?
44:15–45:05
6
How did social media play a role in the arrest of Amelia's attacker?
45:05–49:48
7
What are the implications of the January 6 pipe bomber's case?
49:48–54:05
8
What does the lawsuit against Jada Pinkett Smith reveal about celebrity culture?
54:05–2:00:52
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