Coaston appeared on Reason’s Just Asking Questions podcast during the 2024 Democratic National Convention to discuss the Democrats’ rebranding as the party of freedom while the Republicans are being pulled more and more to the right. In September, Coaston joined Crooked Media as host of the daily news podcast What A Day.
Q: What do you think of Democrats talking the language of freedom?
A: I think it’s rhetorically intelligent. It is very smart to be the people who are like, “We are normal moms and dads who love football, freedom, and faith, and we want to keep your freedoms intact. And these other strange people over here don’t want to do that.” That does not mean it is accurate.
I think that they’re going to continue using this messaging. I also think that the Norman Rockwell–esque version of freedom—from want, from fear—what that looks like is so appealing to people.
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