# Are GOP Candidates Ghosting Trump? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-inside-politics-471976/are-gop-candidates-ghosting-trump Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-inside-politics-471976/are-gop-candidates-ghosting-trump.md Podcast: [CNN Inside Politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-inside-politics-471976) Published: 2026-09-18T17:21:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2676357251.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/swap.fm/track/2nzGkisFXQswLYT5s325/traffic.megaphone.fm/WMHY2676357251.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-inside-politics-471976/episodes/are-gop-candidates-ghosting-trump Duration seconds: 3084 ## Resource We're 46 days until the midterm elections, and it appears at least some vulnerable Republicans have decided cozying up to the White House may not be the best strategy. The latest is GOP Senate candidate Ashley Hinson, who is skipping a rally in Iowa that VP Vance is attending. Hinson's move comes days after two other Iowa Republicans in tight House races broke with the Trump administration.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cnn-inside-politics-471976/episodes/are-gop-candidates-ghosting-trump/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-inside-politics-471976/are-gop-candidates-ghosting-trump.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.