He's Back - But At What Cost? - Irishman In America with Marion McKeone

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The people of spoken. American has chosen its next President. Was this an ”unwinnable” race for Harris? What does it reveal about America? Should pollsters just resign and go work in a supermarket somewhere in Wisconsin? Is there a celebrity in shining armour who can rescue the Democrats from themselves? How will this selection affect Ukraine and Gaza? Marion McKeone and I reflect on what the hell just happened.

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0:00.0	In the end, it was a landslide nobody seemed to see coming.
0:02.7	Donald Trump reclaims the White House after taking every swing state and the popular vote.
0:07.8	You know all the numbers by now.
0:09.4	As we've said on this show, time and time again, the polls were just a waste of time.
0:13.8	Analysts, 47% of the country, a lot of people abroad have been left scratching their heads.
0:19.4	So what the hell just happened?
0:21.3	Let's talk it over with the brilliant Marion McKeown and see can we find it.
0:25.4	My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be President of the United States,
0:29.7	I could be, I could be vice president. Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected
0:35.2	presidents of the United States. It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.
0:41.3	We will be back in some form.
0:43.3	We are still deeply divided.
0:45.3	Public health experts warned this was coming, unless more was done, and here we are now.
0:49.3	Are you proud of what happened here today?
0:51.3	Absolutely.
0:52.3	Never before in American history has there been an uprising like this.
0:56.9	Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,
1:02.8	Dear God, what was I thinking?
1:04.6	But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this fight.
1:08.7	Character matters.
1:10.1	It matters.
1:11.3	Tell them the truth matters.
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