Fight Club starts the hour with Eagles fans going at each other outside Stateside Live. Security gets involved, jerseys fly and the crew blames the 4:25 kickoff for giving everybody far too many hours to drink before football. That spins into a broader argument over tailgating, the South Philadelphia stadium district, whether football is better from the couch and how expensive an Eagles game becomes for a family of four.
Rooney stays with us as the conversation becomes much more political. Todd Blanche defends tighter mail-voting requirements before Rooney reacts to the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling, raises concerns about voter rolls, discusses redistricting and argues that Senate Republicans may regret preserving the filibuster instead of pushing the SAVE Act through. From there, Kamala Harris’ account of considering Pete Buttigieg as a running mate prompts us to ask whether the country is ready for an openly gay president and which groups would actually object.
