Could an 8-Year-Old Beat Up the President?

About this episode

Sarah Longwell and Catherine Rampell discuss a YouGov poll about whether an 8-year-old could beat Donald Trump in a fight.

Sarah Longwell and Catherine Rampell react to the absurd new YouGov poll asking whether Americans think they—or even an 8-year-old boy—could beat Donald Trump in a fight. For a limited time, listeners can get an exclusive $25 off AuraFrame's best-selling Carver Mat frame at https://on.auraframes.com/BULWARKTAKES with code BULWARKTAKES. Bulwark Live: California tickets are on sale now! Sarah and gang return to sunny Southern California for two nights May 20 & 21. For details and tickets go to https://TheBulwark.com/Events .

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Longwell

Guest: Catherine Rampell

Topics covered

• polling
• politics
• humor
• presidential power
• public opinion

Keywords

• YouGov poll
• Donald Trump
• 8-year-old
• fight
• public opinion
• politics
• humor

Sponsors

AuraFrame

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YouGov, The Bulwark

Places: California

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