Episode Details

Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz discuss Sidney’s column in The Guardian, “Vance wants voters to ‘give us another chance’. But he is cornered,” about how he undercuts MAGA with his message and the chameleon like transformations of his identity until he finally has become Trump’s unapologetic apologist.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/05/jd-vance-trump-midterms

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