By the time it’s over, this year’s race for president will have cost at least $3.5 billion. The single biggest expense will be campaign ads.
Shane Goldmacher, a national political correspondent for The Times, discusses the story that each campaign has been using those ads to tell, 30 seconds at a time.
Guest: Shane Goldmacher (https://www.nytimes.com/by/shane-goldmacher) , a national political correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• Donald J. Trump and the Republicans have bet big on anti-trans ads (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/politics/trump-republican-transgender-ads.html) across the country.
• The Harris campaign’s recent Spanish-language advertising has highlighted an insult toward Puerto Rico (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/us/politics/harris-ad-trump-puerto-rico.html) at Mr. Trump’s rally in Madison Square Garden.
• Both parties are running ads that tell voters it’s OK to switch sides. “You can vote any way you want. And no one will ever know (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/us/politics/trump-harris-campaign-ads.html) ,” one says.
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Why was she ever for free transgender surgeries for prisoners in the first place? It’s such a ridiculous position that 90% of people disagree with. Stop espousing ridiculous positions and then the right won’t be able to clip video and use it against you in a few years. Common sense moderate normalcy is what most want.
Never forget that this podcast spent the last months sane explaining Trump. You can call trump whatever but he is right about the media being corrupt!!
Everybody: Campaign finance reform now!
Media corporations: LALALA CAN’T HEAR YOU!
Are you sure you didn’t confuse Charlamagne tha God with some else, I’m pretty sure he is a big harris/democrat supporter…
The Democrat fantasy play with LGBTQ-ism made even The Amish come out in droves against Harris.