About this episode

The episode discusses political outrage over recent comments, midterm election dynamics, and features an interview with Josh Turek about Democratic momentum in Iowa.

MAGA world continues to express outrage over Jon Ossoff's "travel with Natalie" remarks, including an over-the-top rant from Scott Jennings that is being seen as the pundit's shameless audition for the open White House press secretary job. Dan and Jon react to Harp-gate, an MS NOW report that says Harp declined to seek a security clearance, and the New York Times reporting that Pete Hegseth brings his wife to highly sensitive meetings to "keep him out of trouble." They then turn to the midterms to unpack Angie Nixon's surprising defeat of Alexander Vindman in the Florida Democratic Senate primary, Dan Sullivan vs. Dan Sullivan in the Alaska general election, Darline Graham's historically embarrassing debate answer in South Carolina, and the impact the debate over data centers is having on the Ohio Senate election. Then, Josh Turek, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Iowa, stops by the studio to talk to Lovett about Democratic momentum in the Hawkeye State and how he convinced Barack Obama to shoot hoops in his viral endorsement video. 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…

People in this episode

Host: Pod Save America

Guest: Josh Turek

Topics covered

• politics
• midterms
• Senate elections
• media commentary
• Democratic Party
• campaign strategies

Keywords

• MAGA
• Harp-gate
• Florida Senate primary
• Ohio Senate election
• Iowa Senate
• Barack Obama endorsement
• political commentary

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Organizations: New York Times, MS NOW

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