Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov - Trump’s Teasing a Midterm Surprise Tied to Project 2025 — Here's Why That Should Worry Everyone

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Starting point is 00:01:53 I'm good. My daughter just got her six-month vaccines literally 30 minutes ago, ran back home. How's she feeling? She cried. I was not happy, but it's okay. She's doing good now. Yeah. Do you do the nap right away approach?

Starting point is 00:02:08 No, she doesn't want to sleep. She doesn't sleep much. She doesn't like sleeping. Cool. Everyone loves a baby that doesn't sleep. Yeah, you see. I need Botox. I need Botox doesn't fix that. You can't even like fake being old. Well, you know. Anyways, welcome to the raging perspective featuring me and Jessica Tarlov, my really good friend over to my left. If you haven't yet subscribe, make sure to hit the subscribe button. If you're on Substack up here, if you're on YouTube, if you're on YouTube, down there. And we do this every week. So we're excited to be here with you because it is been a crazy week, huh, Jess? Aaron, yeah, it's been a crazy week. Boy, it has been a crazy week. Trump is teasing a midterm surprise that he says could make history, but he's not saying what it is. Keep the mystery alive. He hinted that OMB director and architected Project 2025 Russ Vote, every time I hear Russ

Starting point is 00:03:08 vote's name, it feels so Voldemorty to me, is behind some major announcement coming in the next few weeks, which might just be, we have no more constitution. That comes as Trump's support amongst Latino voters is slipping. Forty-two percent of them say that they regret or are disappointed with their 2024 vote for Trump, and 11 percent of Trump 2024 voters overall say they regret their choice. What be this surprise? after all of that would be the surprise. Yeah. I am actually genuinely concerned about this Russ Vaught midterm surprise situation because one of the biggest stories that wasn't really covered yesterday that came out was the fact that for the first time in over 20 years, the Trump administration has denied international election observers from coming into the United States of America.

Starting point is 00:04:01 They do this every two years. They did it under Trump in 2018. They did it in 2020. international election observers come in, they observe the election, they make sure that it is run free, fairly. Only two other countries in the world deny international election observers, not China, not Venezuela, not even Iran. I mean, they don't have elections. But so I guess Russia and Belarus, are the only two countries that deny international election observers and countries that have election. So we are on par with Russia and Belarus. And it comes as we have the midterm surprise,

Starting point is 00:04:35 I think his tweet or his truth social posts refer to a surprise in terms of Republicans winning. But I'm really kind of tired of having to interpret what he has to say, right? Like that, I think that is my biggest takeaway from this entire week. I don't want to interpret whether or not he means we're bombing Los Angeles and San Diego allowing Iran to do that, or if he meant that higher gas prices are a small price to pay to avoid that. I don't want to interpret that. He said what he said. Same thing with this.

Starting point is 00:05:03 I don't want to interpret what a midterm surprise is. what he means when he says, Russ Vaught's going to be one of the most consequential figures in American history. He says what he says. And I'm just going to take him at his word. And I think most media should as well. What do you think, or how would you grade, I guess, the response to it, like whatever the opposition is brewing, obviously,

Starting point is 00:05:25 folks like Norm Eisen and Mark Elias are working the court system game here to make sure that, you know, they have something ready to go at every turn. I think have been doing an exceptional job. The courts themselves, perspective of what these Democratic super lawyers are doing, are also holding steady in defense of the Constitution and protecting people's right to vote. But what about the opposition, the political opposition to this? Do you think that the threat of them, you know, playing dangerous games with the midterms is being taken seriously enough, you know, by how.

Starting point is 00:06:05 Joachim Jeffries and Chuck Schumer and... I think it's being taken seriously. I think everyone is very serious about it. I think they're putting up very strongly worded tweets about it. And behind the scenes, they're doing these tabletop exercises. I was a part of one of them. But being a part of that tabletop exercise and seeing how people are operating behind the scenes,

Starting point is 00:06:26 I will say, and I don't say this with any pleasure, but no one is prepared. No one is prepared to the level where they need to be. because I think the playbook that Democrats and Republicans, but primarily Democrats have run when it comes to elections and election security and filing lawsuits and all that jazz is a very stale playbook. In this day and age,

Starting point is 00:06:46 a AI-generated video of voter fraud terrifies me because that will go viral in an instant and there's nothing that Democrats have to combat it right now. And that should terrify you too because social media platforms aren't going to take it down. Elon Musk isn't going to take down an AI-generated video, of someone committing voter fraud. And then ultimately that could be used by Trump to do something even scarier. So I think they're taking it seriously. I don't think they're prepared.

Starting point is 00:07:14 Yeah, I would just add to that that, you know, you have about 60% of Republicans who think that Joe Biden didn't win the election in 2020. And those are on claims of voter fraud where there was no video of it and where they lost in court on top of it. You just hear these vague things like Jesse Waters always talks about like Wanda, the ballot stuffer. I don't know if that's a real person that worked in Fulton County. Wanda. Yeah. And he's got one in every swing state. He's got like his Philly lady and Arizona. So think what they could do with the right technology. And while the tide does seem to be turning against the Trump administration and all of these tech giants are making meetings,

Starting point is 00:08:00 with Democrats and preparing for a changing of the guard. Elon Musk is the only one who is not. And he is digging in deeper. I mean, also, I guess, parting ways with his longtime partner in very public fashion. But he is going to be spending like he did in the 2024 election. And I do think that the plan is to make the entire government run on GROC. That's terrifying.

Starting point is 00:08:26 But actually, can I tell you something? It's somewhat terrifying. And I'll give you the one cat. Because GROC was right, and a lot of the times, when they instituted GROC in America.Gub, and I asked whether there was voter fraud in the 2020 election, GROC told me there wasn't. When I asked who won... For 20 seconds, it told you the truth. So GROC's instincts were correct until they started to change GROC.

Starting point is 00:08:48 But it depends on which version of GROC we get, I guess. Well, Elon Musk is GROC daddy, and Elon Musk will change it however he needs to. and also Grox's hallucinations are some of the most vile stuff you could imagine. It's insane. Grox Corps is a white nationalist. Yes. Okay. Now to France.

Starting point is 00:09:10 Third week of escalating student protests over the state of public schools and yesterdays were some of the most violent yet. The prime minister is suspended high school classes in the country for the rest of the week. And police have now fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters blockading high schools. They are estimating that 256, thousand people have participated. You have hundreds that have been injured, 6,000 arrested. What do you make of what's going on in France right now? Yeah, admittedly, I wasn't really following it too much until recently until I literally hours before our podcast today.

Starting point is 00:09:49 Oh, is it a newbie for you? Well, there's so much insanity happening in the United States of America for me to cover. And so for me, I was like, you know, let me focus on America. You're like, The Frenchese are protesting. That's what a lot of people have been saying, like, you know, they do like a protest. I will say the one thing is, though, that shout out to the young people. And that is my biggest takeaway in all of this. Like, shout out to the young people because young people are rising up, not just in France, but across the world. And when they see something they don't like, they are rising up and they are making their voices heard.

Starting point is 00:10:21 And I think the right to protest is a fundamental right for any person should be a fundamental right. worldwide, we don't have the First Amendment in every country across the globe. But I think students should be allowed to protest if they see a disservice happening if they don't believe in something. Now, there is a difference between peaceful protests and violent protests and violent protests is never the answer. And so as long as protests remain peaceful and people continue to make their, to make their voices heard, fine, good. Go a step further. Say you're going to do an economic blackout. I mean, you have tools at your disposal. And so that's kind of my take. Yeah, beyond that, just a little bit of the backstory as to what these protests are about.

Starting point is 00:11:01 They started protesting in support of their teachers who were striking because of lack of staffing and resources. The original demands of the teachers were actually met, but it had escalated so far by that point that it turned into this national crisis. Trump, of course, has gotten involved and said that this is about radical Islam, which has nothing. to do with what's going on here. There's no evidence. Yeah. So we're just taking our fearmongering here and spreading it out all over, which is definitely part of an electoral strategy since elections are about what you're afraid of, not actually a positive affirmation or worldview. But this is setting up because they'll have elections next year in France, a showdown between the far left and the far right.

Starting point is 00:11:47 I was reading a number of pieces about this where at the center of French politics has really been edged out or pushed out of the main conversation. And I think that's mirroring what goes on obviously in a lot of other countries, but really how people feel about politics, where it does not seem like anyone is seeking or able to capture this middle ground. I don't know how the education ministry is going to get this under control. I saw that they launched an online portal where students can voice their concerns. But looking at the footage, I don't think that a portal is going to be the solution that makes these kids feel like they're being heard. And also they have, I mean, they have a big budget problem there, just flat out. And, you know, you see the footage of what's

Starting point is 00:12:36 going on in these schools, the overcrowding kids who don't have desks. And you understand why people would take to the streets over something like that. Yeah. No, I completely understand it. And that's why I'm fully supportive of students who are doing this. And as long as it stays, peaceful, that's all that matters. Yeah, we have to work a little bit on the peaceful part. Well, just in pockets. But also, I mean, there's an argument to be made that police have been escalating as well and using tear gas against kids. All right, the first of four debates in just 10 days. How insane is it that Troy Jackson and Susan Collins are debating four times in 10 days? That's insane. That's like a marriage where you have dinner together like four of 10 days.

Starting point is 00:13:21 No one wants this. I don't know anyone who's like, I want four debates in 10 days. I'm desperate for more Troy Jackson and Susan Collins. I don't want that. I am good. Well, you're going to get it. I'm going to get it. They're going to force-feed it to me. They went head to head for the first time last night, tackling issues like immigration, tariffs, and the rising cost of fuel. Let's take a look at a little bit of the debate. You know, eight years ago today, Maine woman went to D.C. and begged Senator Collins not to confirm Brett

Starting point is 00:13:51 Kavanaugh, but she did it anyways, even though they begged her. He helped overturn Roe versus Wade, and today she says she has no regrets. And I would, you know, wonder for everyone, include myself, would you trust her to pick the next Supreme Court justice? Troy mocked it, but I was successful in getting concrete, pulp, and road salt removed from the tariff list. I didn't mock the fact that She got road salt back. I mocked the fact that what about everything else? I mean, we can't eat road salt. I'm not going to give her credit for getting one thing back

Starting point is 00:14:28 when we have thousands of things that people are having to pay more money for because she won't let Donald Trump, she won't talk back against Donald Trump. What was your big takeaway from the night besides you don't want to see three more of these? Listen, my big takeaway is this. Troy Jackson got a good hit on Susan Collins. That was great. And it's going to go viral. It went viral for 24 hours.

Starting point is 00:14:49 and then we're now moving on. I think debates are fun, but debates don't decide elections, in my opinion. I don't think they've, if you look at historically, unless you have like a very bad crash and burn debate, which neither of them did last night, you're not going to see radical changes in the main polling after this debate, in my opinion. And I actually think the four debates in 10 is going to do a disservice a bit to Troy Jackson because if it was just this one debate and they came, and he won this debate free and clear, but now she's going to have the opportunity to kind of,

Starting point is 00:15:19 try to punch back or whatever, but I don't know. I mean, listen, I'm a fit. I like debates. So it was fun to watch. I liked watching the debate in Iowa also between Rob Sand and the Republican. That was a fun one to watch. A debate is a debate. I think that I don't, I, I think a lot of the election results between now and November are already in a lot of ways baked in. I think you're really fighting over margins at this point. You're not going to see a 10 point swing in a race unless something insane happens. And so you're fighting over one or two points here or there. And I don't know that last night moves the needle for either with them. So Susan Collins is very slow and steady, wins the race. And I think back to 2020, and I think

Starting point is 00:16:02 she's in worse position than she was then. You know, she is six years older, many more years of voting against Maynors' interests, you know, siding with Donald Trump, I think the Brett Kavanaugh vote matters a lot to people. And she tried to hit Troy Jackson because he was formerly pro-life. And she said, well, only one of us, you know, has been pro-choice our entire career. But you can't really, like, tout that as one of your credentials if you put Brett Kavanaugh on the court who, you know, swore up and down that he was going to respect precedent. And then went ahead and voted for the Dobbs decision. But what was interesting in the latest slew of New York Times-Chianna polls, which were generally very good for Democrats, had Susan Collins up three. And

Starting point is 00:16:44 none of the surveys going into the election in 2020 had Susan Collins beating Sarah Gideon. And she ended up winning by, what, nine points? Yeah. And I've been actually sounding the alarm about the Maine race for a long time. I am less confident in Maine than I am in Texas right now. Like, I think James Tala Rico has a better shot of flipping Texas than Troy Jackson does Maine. And part of that is because Ken Paxton is one of the worst candidates I think you can put up. And then on the flip side, Susan Collins is one of the most, is one of the,

Starting point is 00:17:14 strongest candidates Republicans have this cycle. She doesn't sound great. She doesn't like whatever she has her faults. But at the end of the day, Mainers love her for whatever reason. Many of them do. And they know a lot of it is the reliability and knowing her. And I've spoken to left-leaning people in the state or small business owners, for instance. And they say that Susan Collins has delivered for them. I do think voting with Trump 95% of the time is a pretty salient attack point. And I do think at their exchange, which wasn't in our package, about ICE was a big one. Since ICE murdered someone in Maine, Susan Collins, got very deeply concerned and a strongly worded letter and all the things about it, but did vote for more ICE funding.

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Starting point is 00:19:15 That's Drink AG1. the number one.com slash moderates. We're just about one month out from the midterm elections in these United States. And despite all the gerrymandering and voting restrictions, legal challenges and personnel shakeups, it looks like the Democrats are going to flip the House of Representatives. The vibes of U.S. Democrats are incredibly strong. It's mostly Democrats trying to tell each other, like, don't oversell how amazing of a night we're going to have. So on today, explain from Box, how are the Democrats going to mess this up?

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Starting point is 00:20:25 It's hard to even find Republicans on the campaign trail right now. And it's even harder to get them to talk about Donald Trump. Ladies and gentlemen, bring up the next governor of the state of Ohio. But there's at least one Republican right now who seems to be trying a different strategy. Good to be in Parma. Thank. I love the energy in this room. If you take this out at 44 days from day, we're going to win this thing in a decisive victory. Who's ready for that? All summer long, Ramoswamy has kept up an unusually ambitious calendar full of fares, rallies, and town halls.

Starting point is 00:21:00 Let's get this done. This week on America, actually, what is the GOP message for the midterms? And how are Republicans dealing with the elephant in the room? Trump's second term has flopped. I think the Republican Party has not looked highly. upon right now, and I think everyone knows it. Catch us every Saturday on YouTube or wherever you get your podcast. You brought up Paxton.

Starting point is 00:21:24 I was going to do Michigan next, but let's go to Texas where Ken Paxton is stinking up the place. He's blaming some of his campaign struggles on the Iran war and rising gas prices, which is legit. It's also him. But at a private fundraiser, he reportedly told donors that affordability is by far our biggest problem and admitted, I don't make the decisions. We've got this leaked audio, and it should know, because this is the third

Starting point is 00:21:46 dispatch from that same donor meeting. Whoever recorded it is slow dripping this out to make it extra miserable for Ken Paxton and increase the chances that Donald Trump nukes him and Los Angeles and San Diego. So let's listen to that on us. Not San Diego. Pete Hackseth is there right now. So can't be San Diego. Tomorrow. Tomorrow. And there are Republicans in San Diego. I think he forgot. The war at the gas prices is diesel. When it's over $6, it's a gallon of diesel. I mean, it's for healing that it pinch. So I'd say that's probably the biggest button in that push draft,

Starting point is 00:22:25 the food prices and everything else. I'm just trying to find ways that I can help people. That's the way I can propose legislation. You can't stop the war. Right. I have no control over gas prices. So many of the factors in this federal rights are uncontrolled them. I don't make the decision.

Starting point is 00:22:41 And I don't know what goes. I don't know what's behind some of this. Obviously, a bit muffled with the audio is probably in someone's pocket. But do you think this has an impact? I don't know. No, I don't think so. I mean, like I said, from the first audio, it only has an impact if Trump says something or if Trump pulls money out.

Starting point is 00:23:02 Well, he's going back to Texas. I know. It's just, I have a feeling, and I'm going to make a prediction that he's going to go there today. And he's going to be like, Kemp, You don't have to like the guy. I don't like the guy. But pretend I'm Ken Paxton and I'm on the ballot. That's what he's going to say.

Starting point is 00:23:17 And I think that will do harm to Ken Paxton. I just, I don't know any other candidate that puts themselves in a position to get recorded like this all the time. Like, this is now the third. And I'm sure there's more. We have 28 days to go. The Talley-co team is running an extraordinary operation in terms of, like, what they're getting the creativity with the ads. Did you see their scandal ad that they did about Ken Paxton where you can like parlay his scandals? No, but that's pretty cool. Yeah, it's pretty cool.

Starting point is 00:23:53 And stuff like this. And anyway, I just think that they're running a brilliant raise. And as you said, you're more confident in Texas than you are in Maine. I don't want to have my heartbroken all over the place. I'm Michigan. I don't know if there's heartbreak coming. But I am getting more. concerned as we are you yeah i am so there have been a couple surveys that have i'll say it up like you know four or five points and then there have been a couple very high quality ones including the fox poll quantis is out today with just a one point spread um which frankly would make more sense alice aslaken only won this race by 22 000 votes last time and it was a very trumpy environment you know very red environment and that is not the case it's pretty blue um but

Starting point is 00:24:40 CNN had a big piece on how Al-Saiat is struggling to shore up key constituencies, with black voters, with Jewish voters. Apparently he called Hassan Piker and said, like, please stop talking at this point. And obviously, he was at least some part of his campaign strategy in the beginning, since they campaigned together at his request, but is not, not feeling it anymore and knows that his rhetoric is costing him votes. How are you feeling about Michigan? I think Abdul is going to win.

Starting point is 00:25:16 I think Abdul is going to win by one or two points. I think it's going to be a close race. I never thought Abdul would win by 10 points. I don't think if Haley Stevens was on the ballot, she'd win by 10 points. I also think it'd be a 2.3 point race. I think it'd be close. I think Abdul and the fact that

Starting point is 00:25:28 Jocelyn Benson is at the top of the ticket is going to really help him. Just like it would have helped Haley. It would have helped any Democrat running for Senate. I arguably think Mike Rogers is a stronger Republican than John James is. And so given the fact I totally think Mike Rogers is stronger than John James. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:25:43 And so I think I think Abdul will end up winning Michigan. And I think it'll be a close race, just like Michigan is every year. I just think that we're going to see a lot coming out of that state. And a lot of it is just knowing. It's like this whole Hassan Piker stuff, like him calling Hassan Piker and telling him to pipe down. The average Michigan voter is never going to see this CNN article and is not going to even know it actually happened. Are you saying we live in a bubble? We live in a major bubble.

Starting point is 00:26:09 And listen, no, no, it doesn't matter how often near a tander and tandon and and Medi Asana argue on Twitter, that doesn't translate to votes on the ground in Michigan. Like people just like to argue to argue on Twitter. And that's fine. Let them do that. But yeah, I think Michigan voters care about affordability. I agree. I mean, generally speaking, though I wish the the fighting would get off of my algorithm. I guess it's my fault because my eyes stick on it for too long. So they think I like it. I do think that they're. I do think that they're. I. I do think that they're. is still very important work to be done with black voters and with Jewish voters. And I know that he has a path to winning without getting the same margins that past candidates, Democratic candidates have done. But it does feel like there's, I don't want to leave anything on the floor, essentially. And hopefully that good work will be done. I was heartened to see MS now did this focus group of 10 Trump 2024 voters, and only one of them said that they were supporting Mike Rogers.

Starting point is 00:27:18 Five said voting for Abdul, and everybody else agreed that if they didn't vote for Abdul, they just wouldn't vote at all. Can I tell you something? And I know this may hurt you a little bit. I don't believe any of these polls. Like none of these polls, I believe, none of these pollsters, I think, are doing a good job this cycle. I literally throw every single poll out the window. Yeah, I know. And I know you as a veteran pollster probably. But like, to me. Not old enough for veteran. But yes, I believe in the data.

Starting point is 00:27:50 Until a poll can add and can accurately measure Michigan, which it hasn't been actually been able to do in many election cycles. Like Alyssa Slotkin was predicted to win by five or six points by the polls and she almost lost. Kamala Harris was projected, projected to win Michigan. Hillary was projected to win Michigan. Biden was projected. I mean, like, I don't know. I kind of throw polls out the window. I think people need to vote and stop looking at polls.

Starting point is 00:28:18 Yeah. I mean, always run like you're behind. Are you into this Christian YouTuber Gabe? Can you pronounce the same? Porre? Poir. Poir. I don't know.

Starting point is 00:28:30 Who said that he spent 18 days in heaven during a coma after 2021 skateboard crash. This is your channel. Your people aired this shit, not me. Okay, so I guess you're not into it. It was kind of crazy, though. Anyway. I think we should air it. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:28:47 18 days you were in that coma. You had this experience. You came face to face with your Savior. And then you woke up. How has your life been different since that experience? Yeah. You know, there's so many cultural things that present him as if he's some just tolerant guy. It's not the Jesus I met.

Starting point is 00:29:01 He's a lion. But he's not a lion angry against me. He's a lion angry for me. He's a Mustang on my behalf. He did it all for me. And what did he look like when you saw him? Pure fire. He was 5-11, like six feet, yet as tall as eternity.

Starting point is 00:29:17 Hit like an ocean of love, yet his eyes were burning white and red at the same time. And, I mean, talk about testosterone, like a Mustang, I'm telling you. You know, I really thought, like, Kaylee McEnany was just sitting there and, like, having to pretend this, but I firmly believe she believed all of it and she was just eating it up. I'm not sure. I'm also filled with a little bit of regret for going down this path like a Mustang. I'm glad that he's okay, though, and woke up from his call-off. And my views are mine, not anyone else's. Yes.

Starting point is 00:29:53 Now answer your questions. Okay. Now to your questions. Bill Walters asked, do you think we'll make it to the election without Trump messing with it? No. Oh, actually, let me reframe. make it to the election, yes. What happens on the election and then the days after,

Starting point is 00:30:11 that I don't think so. That is the period, like, between swearing in the new cohort, that is where the damage really gets done. And that's what we saw last time as well. Correct. You know, I think they've been trying to perfect that playbook, and that's why we need to win.

Starting point is 00:30:31 It needs to be too big to rig. Big Bagel wants to know what happens when Democrats take the Senate and the House, but Trump continues to ignore Congress. Courts. That's the only thing that can happen. But I don't, I mean, I don't think Democrats will be able to pass any, or any legislation passed by Democrats will be signed into law. So I think you'll continue ignoring them in that respect. But they'll have oversight ability to subpoena and get them into the courts. Yeah. I do think, even though I'm not a big, like, impeach, impeach, impeach type person. And Aaron and I disagree about where oversight should go for. first, the impact. Incorrect. We agree. I think oversight should, the facts should lead to whatever outcome the facts lead to.

Starting point is 00:31:15 Well, obviously, yeah, I'm not saying, like, impeach based on nothing. I'm just saying I don't think it's the most salient argument for getting the gavel back. If that is what we're going to be focused on, it has to be this affordability agenda first. And then Jared Kushner in the hot seat next. If Trump had not gone to war with Iran with the impact on gas prices, would Republicans keep both houses. No, I think they would still lose the house. I think they'd keep the Senate, though.

Starting point is 00:31:42 Yeah, the Senate is definitely in play because of the bad decisions. I would add tariffs also to that, which I saw, you know, Mike Rogers today. He doesn't like tariffs anymore. He woke up and was like, not into this. All right. That's a raging perspective for today. Thank you guys for coming. See you next week.

Starting point is 00:32:01 See you next week. Bye.

Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov - Trump’s Teasing a Midterm Surprise Tied to Project 2025 — Here's Why That Should Worry Everyone

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