Biden's Out. Harris Is In. Everyone Else Is Screwed.
Plus: A listener asks the editors if employers should be held responsible for the speech and actions of employees outside of the workplace.
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman assess the state of the 2024 presidential race one day after President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection.
01:41—President Joe Biden drops out of the presidential race and endorses Vice President Kamala Harris.
32:52—Weekly Listener Question
41:44—Republican National Convention reactions
52:06—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"Fellow Democrats Force Joe Biden Out of His Reelection Bid," by Eric Boehm
"Biden's Final Flip-Flop," by Jacob Sullum
"BYEden," by Liz Wolfe
"Why Kamala Harris should never be president," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Kamala Harris Hopes You'll Forget Her Record as a Drug Warrior & Draconian Prosecutor," by Katherine Mangu-Ward and Justin Monticello
"Trump's Acceptance Speech Was Too Long—and Very Effective," Nick Gillespie
"Republicans Say Joe Biden Should Quit the Presidency Right Now," by Robby Soave
"It's Been Easy To Forget How Bad Kamala Harris Is," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Could Kamala Harris Be an Anti-War Candidate?" by Matthew Petti
"Getting a Home Depot Employee Fired for Calling for Trump's Assassination Is Still Cancel Culture," by Billy Binion
"Have Republicans Abandoned Free Markets?" by Emma Camp
"Trump Wishes Americans Stayed in Afghanistan To Fight China," by Matthew Petti
"Does MAGA Want Unity and Peace—or Vengeance?" by Zach Weissmueller
"Republicans Don't Even Pretend To Want To Cut Government Anymore," by Eric Boehm
"We Showed Trump Voters the National Debt," by Zach Weissmueller
"Libertarians Are More Politically Homeless Than Ever," by J.D. Tuccille
"Can Trump Unite by Going Light on Policy?" by Christian Britschgi
"MAGA Voters Try To Convince a Libertarian To Vote Trump," by Emma Camp
"Why the New Republican Platform Is Moderate on Abortion," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Republicans Have Completely Abandoned Criminal Justice Reform," by Joe Lancaster
"Vivek's Vision," by Liz Wolfe
"RNC Speakers Give Exaggerated Impression of Immigrant Crime," by Fiona Harrigan
"Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis Bend the Knee to Donald Trump," by Robby Soave
"At the Republican National Convention, War Is Peace," by Matthew Petti
"Trump and Vance's Foreign Policy Is More War Disguised As Anti-War," by Matthew Petti
"Teamsters Boss Sean O'Brien Put Political Spectacle Ahead of His Job," by Eric Boehm
"J.D. Vance Is a Bridge to Trumpism Beyond Trump," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"What the Media Hate About J.D. Vance," by Robby Soave
"J.D. Vance Turned an Inspiring Personal Story Into an Unsatisfying Political Sales Pitch," by Eric Boehm
"J.D. Vance Thinks Lina Khan Is Doing a Great Job," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"J.D. Vance Completes Trump's Ideological Takeover of the Republican Party," by Matt Welch
"Grand Old Populists," by Liz Wolfe
"Republicans Hammer Biden on Inflation. But Do They Have a Better Plan?" by Billy Binion
"It's Not Racist to Hate the Government," Nick Gillespie
"3 Policies That Are More Racist Than Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy," Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg
"Should NBA Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Be Fired for Racist Remarks?" by Nick Gillespie
"Does Mozilla Dumping Its CEO Over Prop. 8/Anti-Gay-Marriage Stance = McCarthyism?" by Nick Gillespie
Send your questions to roundtable@reason.com. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
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Audio production by Ian Keyser; assistant production by Hunt Beaty.
Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve
- Video Editor: Ian Keyser
- Producer: Hunt Beaty
