“By the time this is done, there's never been a candidate in Michigan history who's had more money spent against them. Upwards of $300 million. $70 million on the primary.”

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · A Progressive Policy Prescription with Abdul El-Sayed

Play from 1:07:37
1:07:37

Audio streams from the publisher’s own feed. Verbatim does not host or copy it.

What was described

Faced unprecedented campaign spending against them

Upwards of $300 million total, $70 million on the primary

Said nearby on the same subject

“Scott took a line of credit against his house to spend $2 million on an ad campaign on Howard Stern… I believed it was possible.”
ST
Scott Tannen Boll & Branch
How I Built This with Guy Raz ·
Business model $2 million Share this moment
“We have this amazing female driver that has an Instagram account. She's got like thousands of followers of a day in the life in the driver. And she's the face of the campaign”
♫
Said on Women Who Move Nations - The Public Transport Podcast
Growth tactic thousands of followers Share this moment
“My campaign basically is Gen Z. My campaign manager is Gen Z. My comms director is Gen Z. ... letting them help take the lead in how they want to carry that message to their peers.”
♫
Said on WSJ What’s News
How they work Share this moment
“I'm at the airport to meet them when they get to India. Like that's my face that's waiting in the arrival school, but they can't believe it.”
SM
Sarah Meikle
The SME Stream ·
How they work Share this moment

Moments like this, every Monday

The strongest new moments on your topics, in the speakers' own words. Free for three topics.

No card. No password. One-click unsubscribe.

Track a competitor?

Pro watches up to 25 names or phrases and emails you the morning after they are said.

See Pro, $29 a month

Verbatim quotes a short extract and links to the episode; the episode belongs to its publisher. Remove a show.