"Why Is Mitch McConnell pouring millions to save JD Vance? Tim Ryan is that good"

That Trippi Show

Published:October 4, 2022

In our first statewide deep dive, we take a close look at Ohio - and our Ohio friends David Pepper and Chris Gibbs join us to give their expert takes. How does a Democrat win Ohio statewide? What's Tim Ryan doing right -- and where the heck is JD Vance right now? How much does momentum mean in a state like Ohio? Which races beyond the Senate are key bellwethers? Three House districts might go a long way to deciding the balance of power in Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Joe Trippi
Resolute Square Partner and The Lincoln Project stalwart described as the man who “reinvented campaigning”

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Mitch McConnell

The once and never again Senate Majority Leader and current Minority Leader. He is also chief elected lackey in service of the Federalist Society. McConnell will be best remembered for his blantant hipocrisy in denying Merrick Garland a SCOTUS confirmation hearing, then ramming through three extreme ideologues as SCOTUS justices, destroying the credibility of the Court.

Ohio

State that is victim to extreme GOP gerrymandering - have you seen the Duck District! - and an elected state Supreme Court that will only make things worse. Democracy in Ohio remains in the balance. AND they have to endure both Jim Jordan and J.D. Vance.

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