TOPICS DISCUSSED

The 2024 Trump Coalition
What to expect from the second Trump Adminsitration
Outside of Politics: Common Ground Pilgrimages

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A SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

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Sarah [00:00:07] This is Sarah Stewart Holland.

Beth [00:00:09] This is Beth Silvers.

Sarah [00:00:10] You're listening to Pantsuit Politics.

Beth [00:00:12] Where we take a different approach to the news.

[00:00:14] Music Interlude.

[00:00:29] Thank you so much for being here with us. It has been a week since the election and we're still receiving results and processing them together. Today, we're going to share more of how we're thinking about the landscape post-election, as well as some initial things we're hearing from the Trump camp as they plan the transition. Outside of Politics, we have a super exciting announcement to share with you. We're going to take a group to Switzerland next year with common ground pilgrimages, and we'd love to invite you to come along. We just went on one of common grounds pilgrimages this weekend. So we're going to tell you about that experience and what we are planning. We also have an exciting announcement to share. Sarah, you want to tell the people?

Sarah [00:01:04] Yes. Today is our first episode with our new network, Lemonada. Lemonada has been impressively changing the podcast game for several years now. I've always been so impressed by not only their work, but the values that are clearly backing up the work they do. If you got tired of me talking about Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, that a Lemonada podcast. They're just doing really incredible work. And listen, it doesn't affect you guys at all; just except that we're hopefully going to have fewer and better ads. So that's the only hopefully thing that you're going to notice from this change as listeners. But we're just really excited to be joining the team over there and we wanted to share that with you.

Beth [00:01:51] You might see the Lemonada media logo added to our podcast logo. We're really pumped to join forces with them. But everything we said in our episode about the state of the podcast is still true. We own the show. Lemonada is not going to tell us what to make or how to make it. They are just enthusiastically supportive of what we're doing here and we of what they're doing. And we think they are so excited to have this audience join their larger audience as well. So Huray for change and fresh starts and new beginnings. The other thing we want to share is that we know it's time to get serious about the holidays. I'm getting very serious about the holidays. We were gone all weekend and approximately all of the Christmas presents that I ordered came in while we were out. And my dining room table is just a sea of boxes and packages now. We know that some of you would like suggestions on what to buy for the Pantsuit Politics listener and your life and we're here to serve. We want to make it super easy for you to be able to share our show and everything that we have to offer with your loved ones or friends or for you to treat yourself. So we will link the Pantsuit Politics Ultimate Listeners Gift Guide in our notes, or you can find it on our website: pantsuitpoliticsshow.com. Next up, let's talk more about the election.

[00:03:01] Music Interlude.

[00:03:09] What strikes me today, Sarah, that we did not know fully the last time we recorded an episode, is that it looks like the American public has given Republicans the keys to the entire car. We know that Republicans have taken control of the Senate. They'll have probably 53 seats in the Senate. We know that Trump received 312 Electoral College votes to Harris's 226 and has won the popular vote. That margin is unclear because they're still counting ballots. Right now it looks like about 3.6 million. Probably will be a little less than that when all is said and done, but who knows? The House is still not called. There are 16 races left to count, but Republicans have 214 seats and they need 218 for a majority. So that's what it looks like as we sit down to record today.

Sarah [00:03:53] Yeah, there are some real heartbreakers among those who have lost particularly in the Senate. I'm sad to see John Tester go. I'm sad to see Sherrod Brown go. I'm not all the way ready to call Pennsylvania yet, but it looks unlikely that Bob Casey Junior will win. And same in the House. And I agree, I think that it is likely that it will be a trifecta. Not by a lot. It's not a mandate. This is not a massive margin, which I think that the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress will interpret it as. And we can talk about what that means I suppose in a minute.

Beth [00:04:29] I wanted...