Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Being secretary of defense is one of the hardest jobs on the planet. But after Pete Hegseth was plucked from a part-time Fox & Friends gig, Republican senators could only kiss his ass and act starstruck during his confirmation hearing—all to ensure he takes their calls when they need military equipment or contracts in their states. Meanwhile, Nancy Mace has been a con artist from the beginning, Trump nominated Nazi-curious Joe Kent to run the National Counterterrorism Center, and Tulsi thinks Edward Snowden is a hero.

Sen. Mark Kelly and Rep. Adam Kinzinger join Tim Miller.
show notes

Tim's piece on Joe Kent courting the racist fringe vote when he ran for Congress

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Bullwark podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. As we're recording right now,
0:12.1	the Pan Bondi confirmation hearings are happening. There'll be much more on that tomorrow.
0:16.5	Today we got a Heggseth double header and In segment two, it's Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona.
0:21.0	But first, he was a Republican congressman from Illinois.
0:23.6	He served in the Air Force during Iraq and Afghanistan.
0:26.1	He's a senior political commentator for CNN, founder of country first and's got a
0:29.8	substack newsletter like everybody else.
0:31.5	He's Adam Kinsiger.
0:32.3	What's going on, bro?
0:33.5	Dude, I'll tell you what, man.
0:34.8	I am happy to be here. I'm so sad I'm missing the grilling that
0:38.5	Pam Bondi is going to get from the Republican senators. I'm sure they're just going through
0:45.2	her statements and, and just tearing them apart doing their oversight job for America.
0:51.1	Do you think Tim Sheehe'll ask her how many pushups she can do?
0:54.1	Yeah. Is that just, is that only a question for dudes? I think it's just for dudes Sheehe'll ask her how many pushups she can do? Yeah.
0:54.3	Is that just,
0:54.9	is that only a question for dudes?
0:56.4	I think it's just for dudes,
0:57.5	but they'll ask her like-
0:58.6	How many push-ups can you do, actually?
0:59.6	Now we're right here.
1:00.3	How many push-ups can you do these days?
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