Sep 27, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 14 segments
Live from the Texas Tribune Festival, Jon, Tommy, Lovett, and Dan discuss the dream of a blue Texas and how the campaigns there are doing, from James Talarico's debate challenge to Ken Paxton, to Gina…
Jon FavreauHost
Jon LovettHost
Dan PfeifferHost
Tommy VietorHost
Bobby PulidoGuest[cheering]
[booing]
[cheering]
[booing]
And, uh, Republicans, uh, meanwhile, here in Texas, Republicans are spending, uh, like, the, the equivalent of a, uh, the GDP of, like, a mid-sized country, uh, to try to save Ken Paxton, um, and Greg Abbott and maybe even the Republican majority in the state.
Uh, Dan, what do you make of this new deep red state tour [laughs] that Trump is on?
[laughs]
Like, I did not expect five weeks out or whatever it is from the midterms Trump to be going to Alabama and Oklahoma.
[laughs]
If that if Trump wants to see the Texas Longhorns, he could have come to Texas, but he doesn't wanna get booed like Ted Cruz.
[laughs]
[laughs] So I think Trump looks at every problem and sees the solution as more Trump.
He's like, "I gotta get out there, I gotta get out there." And his party is trying to steer him into the least damaging places possible, which are the quintessential swing states of Alabama and Oklahoma.
[cheering]
[booing]
[cheering]
[booing]
And, uh, Republicans, uh, meanwhile, here in Texas, Republicans are spending, uh, like, the, the equivalent of a, uh, the GDP of, like, a mid-sized country, uh, to try to save Ken Paxton, um, and Greg Abbott and maybe even the Republican majority in the state.
Uh, Dan, what do you make of this new deep red state tour [laughs] that Trump is on?
[laughs]
Like, I did not expect five weeks out or whatever it is from the midterms Trump to be going to Alabama and Oklahoma.
[laughs]
If that if Trump wants to see the Texas Longhorns, he could have come to Texas, but he doesn't wanna get booed like Ted Cruz.
[laughs]
[laughs] So I think Trump looks at every problem and sees the solution as more Trump.
He's like, "I gotta get out there, I gotta get out there." And his party is trying to steer him into the least damaging places possible, which are the quintessential swing states of Alabama and Oklahoma.
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