Comedian and Movie Star Tom Arnold hosts the new show "Really Political" with Chip Franklin. They are joined by National Affairs correspondent for The Nation John Nichols.
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John is national affairs correspondent for The Nation, and author of The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism as well as The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again.
The team discusses how important abortion rights will be in this election, and John predicts that the furor over overturning Roe will be the deciding issue in this election.
“I'll suggest to you that still abortion rights is the issue,” John told us. “That brings a substantial number of younger voters to the polls, especially younger women, that cast their ballot for Biden. That means that he wins in states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, probably Arizona. And this year, I'm going to suggest you keep an eye on North Carolina.”
John also told us why he thinks Joe Biden, because of his experience, is uniquely qualified to serve as President.
“36 years in the U S Senate, 8 years as vice president, now 4 years as president. There's nobody who's been in that office, I would argue, in the history of the country, except maybe Lyndon Johnson, who's more familiar with all the moving parts...That doesn't mean he is always gonna be right. But it does mean that he brings a lot more to the process.”
We talked with John about the White House Correspondents Dinner and shared a few of our favorite quotes from the event. We also dissect what it means that Trump is incapable of participating in events like these, or any self-deprecation for that matter.
John explains why he thinks a conviction from the ongoing hush money trial will be incredibly damning for Trump, primarily with moderate Republicans who have already voted in large numbers for Nikki Haley in every major battleground state.
We also talked about Kristi Noem’s dog story, RFK Jr.’s campaign, Fox News, and so much more.
This is an episode you won’t want to miss!
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