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The episode discusses Donald Trump's midterm strategy, various political scandals, and features an interview with Senate candidate Annie Andrews.

With his approval rating 20 points underwater, Donald Trump previews his new midterm strategy: telling voters to pretend he’s on the ballot. Jon and Dan break down how that will play, react to the president renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” and preview the Republican Party’s midterm convention. They also discuss Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handling of a measles outbreak in Pennsylvania, new polling that has James Talarico up on Ken Paxton in Texas, and the unnerving number of Nazi-related scandals surrounding Mike Collins’s Senate campaign in Georgia. Then, Annie Andrews, the Democratic nominee for Senate in South Carolina, talks to Dan about the momentum building for her campaign now that Darline Graham has won the Republican nomination. Hate listening to ads? Become a Friends of the Pod subscriber for ad-free episodes of Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, Lovett or Leave It, Runaway Country, Offline with Jon Favreau, and more—plus exclusive content, including bonus episodes of Pod Save America. Subscribe now at crooked.com/friends , on Apple Podcasts, or through the Pod Save America YouTube channel. To watch this episode with subtitles, click here and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon, Dan

Guest: Annie Andrews

Topics covered

• midterm strategy
• Republican Party
• measles outbreak
• polling
• Senate campaign
• Nazi-related scandals

Keywords

• Donald Trump
• midterm elections
• Annie Andrews
• polling
• Republican Party
• measles outbreak
• Georgia Senate campaign

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Places: Lake Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina

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