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Transcript: Trump TV Ads Backfire as Poll Shows He’s Shockingly Toxic

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The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 1 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. This week brings two related developments.

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    Trump TV Ads Backfire as New Poll Shows He’s Shockingly Toxic for GOP (opens The New Republic)

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    Donald Trump has been running propaganda ads starring, well, himself as a way to help the GOP in the midterms. The ads are government-funded , and one official even suggested that the payment scheme is partly designed to get media attention to the ads, amplifying them further.

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    Transcript: Trump TV Ads Backfire as Poll Shows He’s Shockingly Toxic (opens The New Republic)

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    The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 1 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. This week brings two related developments.

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