Steve is joined on the phone by Christian Schneider, National Review writer, and they discuss J.D. Vance being “weird” and if Trump has regrets about selecting him as his VP pick.

o Steve asks Christian about Kamala Harris’ surge in the polls, Christian calls it the “honeymoon period”.

o Trump was fired up to take on Biden and his age but him dropping out took the wind out of his sails; Steve asks Christian if Kamala Harris has the staying power to be a contender for Trump in November

o Steve asks Christian about the controversy on the Olympics opening ceremony and how it was allegedly sacrilegious and the outrage from Republican and Christian politicians; Christian is frankly getting tired of it.

Dan Shafer joins Steve Scaffidi in-studio to talk about Harris running after Biden dropped out. Shafer was at her Rally last Tuesday and Dan described it as if “the Democratic Party got plugged back in”.

o Steve asks Dan what Biden’s role in the campaign now going forward. Dan calls him the “elder statesman” in the party.

o Steve asks Dan where she should be looking for her VP pick. Dan runs through a lot of the popular picks and tells Steve which ones work the best.

o Today marks the start of early voting in Wisconsin for the August partisan primary.