What does the video have anything to do with the Atlantic hit piece?
Please explain, I don’t see it
As stated in the text above, it explains his possible motivation for sticking his neck out in a risky scheme to smear Trump despite being in a swing district with a strong challenger. He blurted out on the day that Biden was nominated that Sleepy Joe was one of the politicians responsible for the decline of western Pennsylvania's factories and manufacturing jobs leaving the country due in large part to NAFTA which Biden supported.
I hope that was helpful and, remember, you will be tested on this on the Bluebook exam so take copious notes.
MOTIVATION. That will be a key word in the Bluebook exam. Conor Lamb basically harmed Biden's chances of winning Pennsylvania in a big way when he blurted out the truth about Biden's role in that state losing factories and job's due to Sleepy Joe's support of NAFTA. As a result, he then owed the Biden a bigtime favor for undermining his campaign which was probably paid back by his role in the Atlantic magazine smear job.
And remember, boys and girls, political things do NOT happen in a vacuum.