2024's Worst Takes About Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the Presidential Election

[@DonaldFolkers]

Well this is the first podcast I've listened to since the election ... I just never know when to quit - but at least I found some joy in hearing others express the things I refused to talk about. Happiest of New Years to you folks and all your staff!

[@beckywidman9072]

Call Her Nothing almost caused me to crash on the Beltway! Such a great episode, as always. Thanks for keeping us going, guys!

[@SuzanneSmith-c9m]

DITTO!…hava wonderful Holiday Break!.!….🤟😎

[@peppermintpoppy]

Thank you for the laughs PSA. Much appreciated.

[@TheArcaneMaster]

The takeaway from this year is I'm never listening to poll nonsense again.

[@cradio52]

Why? They were pretty much neck and neck the entire time, basically a coin flip. And that’s exactly what ended up happening - the winner won by ~1.4%. A tiny margin. Just as the polls showed.

[@POlds-sp9bl]

that’s the takeaway for like 29 years

[@TheArcaneMaster]

@POlds-sp9bl cool, thanks for that super useful input...

[@garyquinn5724]

The polls were accurate to the extent they could be. I suggest you instead learn what a poll is *hint, its not a determination of who will win.

[@gabbynoyb1172]

I love how Lovett can dance so quickly between levity and hilarity and being genuine. And I love it when all the guys crack up. I'll keep my eye out Downward Dan and PSA fanfiction over the break. Thanks guys!

[@AlerieHightower]

There are no words to describe my love for Elijah.

[@sarahedawkins]

@@AlerieHightower agreed. Terminally Online has become my fave part of the week. Looking sneaky perfect in the tux too! Not everybody can pull that off on their home podcast setup 😂

[@DougUnited]

The way he tries to laugh & hold it together after the congressman who said it was “ableist” to replace Joe Biden had me howling 😂

[@mandiebarkhuizen9103]

Agreed!!! 😂 And looking very dapper in the tux.

[@vanessawhitneypro]

My Mom is a huge SURVIVOR fan… She was very disappointed Jon went home… She was looking forward to learning more about you. Thank you ALL for PSA, PSW, LorL, Hysteria, Strict Scrutiny, etc etc etc… THANK YOU.

[@Ragin4Skool]

This is always the best show of the year

[@angelahuro4921]

Happy holidays and new year Pod Save people! Staff!!! We appreciate you so much . Keep doing what you're doing 💪

[@diaphanouswaffle]

Thanks for the hahas-bc I sorely needed it after this ghastly election result & the inescapable dread I feel towards the oncoming new year (the daily and hourly horrors that will be visited upon us by the next administration).

[@LSUowns21]

"Call Her Nothing" is good

[@sarahedawkins]

"You WERE 40". Ouch Lovett, I felt that.

[@SuzanneSmith-c9m]

No waaaay?!?!…. Thought all of ya were in yer mid thirties….😄👍

[@EmmaVB82]

😂 Lovett and I are both 42, so he’s not throwing shade from a youngster position!

[@sarahedawkins]

@EmmaVB82 oh me too! 82 club here as well 😜

[@pamwilliams8583]

Vito, a fawn-colored pug, won the 2024 National Dog Show's Best in Show award this year.

[@maggiereeder7121]

They're eating the dogs! They're eating the cats! They're eating the pets, of the people that live there! 77 million... 🤣 I died...

[@theresademeester6108]

I love all the laughing when you guys were talking about your resolutions from last year! I watched that episode last year, this was a funny reminder. Keep up the great work! Sending love from north of the border. Have a healthy and prosperous 2025. I love watching Pod save America, so that will continue. It helps to keep me sane especially now that that awful moron will be back in power. 😊

[@danphillips9382]

Sarah Longwell made an excellent point that Nikki Haley’s podcast should be called the Weathervane because she’ll always let you know exactly which way the wind is blowing

[@SuzanneSmith-c9m]

😂😂😂😂

[@CyndeLooWho]

Sarah Longwell makes so few excellent points, common pity necessitates giving her one every so often.

[@Hiddeny.2044]

Didn’t help her much

[@ArkansasVoteBlue]

​@@CyndeLooWho You're kidding, right? Watch her in the debate with the staff of Reason Magazine. Sarah always rocks!

[@Karpify]

​@@CyndeLooWhowow you're so cool

[@BbTenn]

I wasn’t expecting this to be as funny as it is. Well done.

[@mariekitty]

Good show. Enjoyed watching you guys laughing and having a good time.

[@williammurphy4543]

Where yall been?! I had to start watching the Bulwark 😂 2024 bloopers? Anything pls I’m starving

[@ShrewberryFarms]

It was a tough year to be a progressive. Thanks for making it better!

[@maxpower8429]

You think this year was bad, wait until the rest of your life

[@traviscutler9912]

The DNC is banking on Trump's Presidency being so horrific to normies, that they will be begging for the DNC's next Corporate candidate, Liz Cheney for President 2028!!!!! The system works.

[@diegorux]

None of these guys are progressive

[@audioenthusiast2817]

Try being a conservative. That can be fun too.

[@Illiteratechimp]

I hope progressives endlessly debating things while Republicans keep winning and dragging us further backwards

[@isabellafunes568]

The irony of the worst discourse “pug” comment is that the pug won best in show for the national dog show this year. 2024 in a nutshell 😂

[@jemcain8676]

@podsaveamerica Tommy, Dan and the two Jon's: Thank very much for your time, effort and insight. I appreciate the Pod Save America's Team analysis and your humour that makes the grim political future in North America almost bearable. I really appreciate your kindness and efforts to understand different experiences, views and opinions. Thanks again and have a healthy and happy holiday!

[@oliviayoung5026]

same!

[@new_memeplex]

Love the doggie.

[@debbieschollmeyer131]

Yay Pundit, she's the best.😊

[@pennyskahaug9767]

Love your live podcasts!!! THANK YOU 😊

[@pkk-m9c]

I saw you guys on a late night show I have been on board since then. LOVE the honesty.

[@Shellison1]

Kick back over the holiday break, guys, you've more than earned it! Huge thanks for your witty but unblinking scrutiny of the antics of this horrific year and what drove them. Your NY resolutions reflect healthy instincts, so yes! -- take care of yourselves, breathe, meditate, write your thoughts down, seek perspective and generally prioritize that elusive work-life balance most or all of us wrestle with. Your work is so important to keeping us all, including yourselves, from imploding. Thank you, thank you, thank you. My own NY resolutions? To speak up louder against injustice now and to come; keep dancing; and practice playing my accordion and guitar without peeking.😅 In other words, move past timidity in all areas of my life. Believe it or not, you guys inspire me in that direction!

[@Herodotus77]

The clowning on Jon for his lack of volunteering injuries really gave me the laugh I was needing.

[@SuzanneSmith-c9m]

Ditto….😂👍

[@mariohelbig9877]

What is Lovett saying to him that sounds like "legal arm"? Sorry, no native speaker and I just can not understand what he is saying before they all crack up (and the subtitles don't get it either).

[@Herodotus77]

@@mariohelbig9877 Ladle arm (like a soup ladle).

[@danip5651]

@@mariohelbig9877he said ladle arm

[@emm8357]

@@mariohelbig9877 he says “ladle arm”, as a comparison to tennis elbow, implying that he spooned so many bowls of soup that he injured himself.

[@ElaineH-p5m]

Enjoyed this, a fun episode. Happy holidays to all and eat your wheaties as 2025 will be a fight.

[@cordeauxboi]

You got mentioned in the all in annual special! Congratulations! I’m one of the voters you lost this election. Voted progressive / environment all my life until this election. Kamala ran the most gas lighting, substance void campaign I hope any candidate ever runs!

[@USColdplayFan]

I needed this podcast so so much! Thank you for the laughs and the good takes and insight that has been so needed this year. I look forward to reasoned thoughtful and informed takes while we navigate through this upcoming shitshow. Love you guys! I listened for the first time this year and haven't regretted it one bit! Cheers to the new year, guys and have a happy holiday

[@RosieFbxAk]

I confess... After this intro I went back and rewatched the first episode of Survivor47. At the end I was like, "Ohhh yeah... "Burned bright and fast."" 😢. Then I came back. 😅

[@aligamarra5302]

Guys thank you for giving us this beautiful and super cool podcast. You are the most intelligent, handsome, , cool guys and I enjoy your sense of humor. Happy holidays to you and your family. Loved this show 😂

[@yumapigfarmer]

2024 Worst Takes for Pod Save America, I thought this video would be around 100+ hrs. They really tightened it up.

[@aleksandrasocha6365]

Haha, the producers really spared them with the takes they picked for each host

[@CharlesJoshua91]

I feel like the year end show is more so for the PSA boys than the general audiance but im still here for it. They deserve all the laughs after this past year.

[@JRoChi]

Thanks for providing such high-quality audio and video. Too many others don’t appreciate how much better the user experience would be with even slightly better production value. Also, I love your podcast and look forward to hearing you guys chat about the state of things. Happy and healthy New Year to you all 🍾🥂

[@GForce94]

“We’re the ones eating crow!” 😂🤣😂 Love you guys…thanks for this. 😅❤️💚🎄 Merry Crooked-mas!!! Looking forward to seeing you all in 2025. PSA…truly Best in Show. 🤘 Rock on guys.

[@LoudLin86]

Downward Dan is the perfect end for a great episode and year of content 🎉

[@anthecrawford3957]

Watching the guys shame/ironic laughing is both hilarious and sad at the same time... plus I've never seen Dan laughing so hard! American politics is full of WTF just happened feels from around the world you just gotta laugh. The question is so simplistic...In what democratic world does a convicted criminal with overt authoritative tendencies, distain of historical ties with other democracies plus his own tacky merch line count as a requirement for President? The bar for leadership and governance is insanely low for a nation who proports to be the greatest democracy in the world. Love this episode so much thank you guys and have a great pundit break ☺🇦🇺

[@audioenthusiast2817]

I like the convicted criminal. Much better than the prosecutor who didn't prosecute a single thing. We haven't been able to find a single case she's actually worked on.

[@maryduncan421]

Love you Elijah ❤

[@marcybrown2442]

Love you guys! Best laughs always.

[@Robbie_S]

Thanks Guys. Merry Christmas 🌲⭐🌟☃️🎁🔔🎅🦌 and a very Happy 2025 ahead 👍👍🎇

[@alexhanna2445]

‘The best part of that take is about how bill speaks so confidently about something he doesn’t understand at all’ - yall do I have some news for you…

[@CarolynKing-g6d]

Thanks for all the hard work this year, guys - keeping us informed, fighting the good fight and making us laugh through it all. Enjoy your well-deserved holiday and we'll see you next year!

[@norahmason7451]

Happy New Year! Here’s hoping the next four years don’t suck as much as we fear! 🙏🙏🙏

[@browneyedgirl6050]

Great show. Lots of laughs! See you in 25!

[@laluna5177]

I really want to hear Lovett's take on the whole Survivor 47 season 🙏

[@Kuh8024]

Same! This was the first season of survivor I’ve watched and I only started it because he was on it.

[@ChickWeber-gp1mm]

Great pod! I lol'd tons!

[@cameron21086]

Watching that clip of Kamala laughing at Trump doing "they're eating the dogs"...............................................it's like unexpectedly seeing a picture of your ex on social media, like "oh, this used to make me happy 🥲"

[@audioenthusiast2817]

The laughter was short-lived. Now Kamala's laughing out the other side of her face.

[@aprilc7355]

All of you guys have a great holidays! Sending great energy your Way, God knows you’ll need it and we all need you!

[@LindaDyer-ts5gf]

I enjoy you guys so much. Always look forward to your views...your honesty and humor!

[@kamalastromwall9275]

😂"Carple tunnel ladle arm!"😅

[@journaling_zero]

Amazing episode. It was hilarious!

[@mirandashuwera3389]

This was great!!❤

[@b_traven]

A bit on the nose to title any episode of this podcast "Worst Takes"

[@ericjablonske9390]

Haven't heard their pick yet but I'm going with Lichmen and his "keys". lol 😂😂😂

[@tanyaldutton]

This was great, lots of laughs!

[@therobotocracy]

Best take is President Musk and First Lady Donald Trump…

[@Aquafresh86]

Where are all the bad takes from the show? They had so many... Biden isn't too old comes to mind

[@dyannnecat]

I listened to this episode last night and tonight I'm watching it. So good. You guys are wonderful. Enjoy you all so much.

[@angelahuro4921]

I love love LOVE Elijah's excitement!!! Is he single?!

[@sharonswink3234]

I loved this episode, so honest and really seeing each of your personalities! I think u should do a goal for each month and discuss at months end

[@PixxieHaxx]

The Democrats need to start offering people some actual solutions rather than telling them how good everything already is

[@shanewilliams5150]

"Kamala ran a good campaign" is top of my list

[@BwInNewJersey]

She did run a good campaign.

[@chall3810]

@@BwInNewJerseyLOOOL. Ok 🥴… Which part? The part where she ran as Republican lite? Maybe the part where she held hands with the “popular” Liz Cheney on the campaign trail? Or the part where she bragged about the endorsement of Dick Cheney to anyone who’d listen? How about when she refused to distance herself from the unpopular president who she was tapped to replace because he was so unpopular? Maybe the part where she doubled down on her full throated support for gen.oc.ide and called her base protesting the crime of all crimes anti.semeti.c every chance she got. Or how her campaign blew through $1.7 billion dollars targeting rich white women who never vote Republican rather than changing course of foreign policy thus leaving 750k uncommitted votes on the table in key swing states… Her campaign literally did everything they could to lose that race.

[@chade6514]

​@@BwInNewJersey Best McCain/Romney platform yet!

[@Adagain]

​@@BwInNewJersey She ran a good campaign by traditional metrics, but we've really entered an era where the traditional way of doing politics is defunct. We don't need to throw the baby out with the bathwater, but the bathwater itself is predicated on the idea that voters have some degree of faith in the institutions of government and are capable of trusting Washington to be responsive to their needs. That's just not the case anymore. We can try to figure out why (my money is the entire executive branch lying to the American people to justify a war for oil, but that's just based off my personal experience), but the important thing going forward is to be the change that the Voters want to see in government so that they don't vote to burn it down.

[@loudmouthdiaries5188]

What does that mean? Hence Trump ran a bad campaign? ​@@BwInNewJersey The campaign is in debt and celebrities are richer

[@93bleach]

Funnily enough the Pug did win Best in Show at this year's Dog Show.

[@ivettehammonds9068]

Love you guys podcast 😂

[@bradleycalise5381]

Just-a hootin’ and a-hollering while the country burns.

[@audioenthusiast2817]

Stop being alarmist and enjoy your Christmas or whatever you celebrate. If more people believed in God and had a real relationship with Him we wouldn't be prone to all this hysteria.

[@bradleycalise5381]

@ every year I wait for the coming of the Lord. Last year he came all over my face.

[@susanbossung9098]

Love the puppy dog as mascot. The pup is gorgeous. You guys aren’t bad. lol

[@susanb203]

After a long week, I've been soooo looking forward to this show. Happy holidays to everyone at pod save ⛄

[@LetsBeRealAboutIt]

While I appreciate the optimism in this perspective, how does uncritically supporting the establishment address our problems? Aren’t we simply reinforcing a system that is already failing us?

[@andthecowsaysmoo4]

I know this was funny, but nobody had a resolution to figure out how not to come across as insufferable to half the country.

[@shadebug]

Kind of amazed this isn’t an hour of Mangione takes or the entirety of the interview with Harris staffers

[@Roguerebel297]

Happy holidays everyone!

[@PixxieHaxx]

People have a really big problem being told by a bunch of rich people how good the economy is while we're watching our tax dollars go out the door to genocide while our roads don't get fixed and our children starve.

[@TheTheahart]

Depressing takes, inspiring resolutions. 🎉

[@PhyllisGarner-s2y]

i AM MAGA, AND i REALLY LIKE DEAN. He did not sound like a Commie. I could vote for him. Very likeable, unlike Kamala.

[@JCmurray312]

I look forward to this ep all year.

[@Chiscringle]

I'm surprised that they didn't do more of their own bad takes.

[@MlastOtime]

You guys going do your next show focused on Democrats passing the historic Social Security Fairness Act and President Joe Biden signing it into law?

[@bradfordwebster3181]

PSA crew once again has the wrong theory about the Chapel Roan non-endorsement. Let's be real. Laughing and snickering at differing viewpoints like this isn't effective in changing minds, it's self-gratifying. To most people it's condescending, which is core to the very problem Democrats have with being out of touch. It's moments like this where PSAs limits are most clear.

[@trixiebeldon579]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 great show Enjoy your holiday 🎄🕎🎉🕊️ I will miss you all ✌🏻

[@user-gn1ef8qd2i]

18:08 Tommy is low key really funny.

[@sarahedawkins]

@@user-gn1ef8qd2i if Tommy had a thought bubble he would murder us all with his commentary. We only get to hear the stuff he says out loud in between everyone else and that's not nearly enough.

[@tanja0411]

Finally someone else said it! I love them all but he’s my fave. Pairing him with almost anyone else is hilarious too. He and Lovett could have the funniest pod. He and Brian Tyler Cohen are so funny and I love him with Ben. I’m “glazing” but idc. Ha

[@Ragin4Skool]

34:18 the fact that if she loses we should try to reach men more but if she wins I guess all good is a big L take

[@rancherrita7512]

Oh come on . We need Santa hats 🥳

[@FenixDown]

Enjoyed the episode, but in reflection, I realized that many of the prepared takes felt pretty tame, or maybe low-stakes is a better way to describe them. I get that the staff wanted to keep this a fun episode so it left out any discourse on Gaza or the student protest crackdowns and just stuck to some light material. Probably also why they really downplayed the PSA host bad takes; the episode becomes less fun if the takes presented end up pissing off the hosts more than just a little light ribbing would. I've been listening to these guys since the first Trump term, so it sucks sensing that the group has drifted off the path so to speak. I'm not saying I want them to just say what I already believe or just spew out garbage that feeds my own biases. I know I'm not always right, and I'm probably wrong more often than I'd care to admit. I guess all I'm asking is for the hosts and staff at Crooked to take some of this off time to clear their heads and do some self-reflection and soul searching. Re-evaluate what your values are, and maybe be just a little less condescending to people who don't agree with you. See you next year.

[@lovetafrank7852]

I became a teamsters starting when I was 16 then transferred to the montana nurses union for the rest of my working life. I was able to buy my first home at 19 my second at 22 my third at 30 and my last at 56 only due to the union. Allowing them to trash the unions people will never get ahead..

[@snaredrumh3ro]

How is the United CEO take not on this? Lol

[@chrisocony]

Lovett on predicting the future: genius.

[@writerchick94]

Ya'll just spent however long criticizing Chappel Roan for her take that she doesnt want to publically endorse a candidate if she doesnt agree with all of their policies and recommending people vote local and think critically, and then you espouse how it would be nice if people were allowed to say what they want without being ripped into and that might help attract male voters. Do you see the irony here?

[@tanja0411]

You missed the point as SO many do. It’s fine to have whatever opinion you want but it’s way more helpful if it’s based on knowledge/research. And it’s always better if people could understand how dangerous both-sideism and whataboutism is. Obviously policing words is terrible/the worst but that’s not what the pod does. They comment on strategy and ideas. I sure wish people could understand the difference.

[@writerchick94]

@tanja0411 can you elaborate on how I'm wrong here? I don't agree with all of Chappel Roan's opinions and I also don't think conservatives generally or MAGA specifically should be allowed to get away scot free for saying heinous shit. But I also recognize the hypocrisy of pod save America and, considering the juxtaposition of their two points back to back, I think it should be pretty easy for them to see too

[@PunkiBrooster]

@@tanja0411nah. There’s a genocide in Gaza. America more than complicit in it. Chappell refused to endorse a candidate because of that genocide. All of the criticism stems from people who support that genocide. End of story.

[@Vaeldarg]

@@tanja0411 People just really want bothsidesism to be true. It's a lot easier for someone to tell themselves that and just sit on the fence, than to admit just that Republicans are so bad that the reason they have to spread such nonsense about the Democrats is because even Republicans know they don't have any hope of convincing people that they're the better-behaved party.

[@louisehayes9240]

Unlike you guys, I fail to find anything funny in what’s happening in Washington right now.

[@bonnaewaldron2727]

Jon said 80% of Americans are happy with their health insurance and all the coverage that they have done about that CEO shooting and that isn't even featured.

[@rohanharridge5579]

The CEO shooting is tricky for the PSA crew because Favreau is a paid-for stooge for the private health insurance sector. When the ACA was going through he was literally shilling to keep the insurance model alive. American 'progressives' are a strange bunch.

[@adinahirschmann3112]

Happy holidays, everyone!

[@elimorton7511]

I swear if I hear Jon say uncollege educated again I will vote for a republican.

[@JB0913]

Is anyone going to tell Lovett that the pug won the national dog show this year? 42:26

[@jinx.rhodes]

“How’s that ladle arm?”

[@adriennehill7514]

John Lovett you’re scaring me the way you are hugging that dog! I’m getting Lenny from Mice and Men vibes. 😮😳🤣🤣🤣

[@ashishprabhat1]

Have they reviewed their own takes?

[@jeremymbuss]

Jon Lovett on Blue-Anon 1 was savage hahahaha

[@tanja0411]

SO good and also cathartic. The dumbest f’ing shit is REAL

[@frankwolftown]

The worst take of the year was from this very podcast when you interviewed the staffers from the Kamala Harris campaign!

[@susanstever1270]

❤you guys!!! Rest up! We need you!! Hoping 2025 will bring joyous suprizes!

[@broadway331]

Lovett, the pug actually won the dog show this year.