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Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Confusion Over Iran War Messaging, Texas Political Shakeups, and the Epstein Mess

Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Citizen Cain Productions

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

3.8824 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Miranda Wilkins is filling in while Meghan McCain remains out on maternity leave, and she’s joined by Mo Kelly and Daily Mail Chief Campaign Correspondent Nikki Schwab to break down a chaotic week in politics. They start with the confusing messaging around the U.S. strikes on Iran. Officials say the threat was imminent, but the administration still hasn’t clearly explained the endgame. The panel discusses the political risks if the conflict drags on, the split reaction among voters, and whether the White House is intentionally keeping its strategy vague. Next, they dig into the wild results from the Texas primaries. Dan Crenshaw is out, Tony Gonzalez heads to a runoff despite major scandal, and the Democratic race between James Tallarico and Jasmine Crockett reveals a lot about where both parties’ bases are heading as the midterms approach. Finally, they tackle the latest twists in the Epstein investigation. Newly circulating deposition clips from Bill Clinton, congressional leaks, and a chaotic rollout of documents have raised even more questions about whether the investigation will produce real accountability. And because the internet always delivers a bizarre moment of comic relief, the show wraps with the funniest corporate feud of the week: Burger King trolling McDonald’s after the company’s CEO posted a painfully awkward burger taste test video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Megan McCain has entered the chat. The Hello, hello, and welcome to Citizen McCain. I am Miranda Wilkins. And joining me today are Nikki Schwab and Mo Kelly. You can find,

0:42.7

Mo is your social media back yet? Mo got like briefly or still locked out of his socials.

0:49.7

It's still just directing to my Facebook for now because what in the world. Okay.

0:53.9

So. Nefarious actors, unfortunately.

0:55.8

And there are fake profiles because I tried to go look for you and they have your face and they have our show videos up and under like a Mr. Mo Kelly account.

1:04.7

So anybody.

1:05.9

There's one that's legitimate that I'm still working on, but nothing official at this point.

1:10.5

Okay.

1:10.8

So nobody go yet until we tell you to or you hear from Mo himself, but go to Facebook and look up Mo Kelly and Adam as a friend.

1:19.1

And until then, anybody with a connection to META, please let us know because we need to help Mo get back into his accounts.

1:27.1

And then you can find

1:28.5

Nikki Schwab. She's the Daily Mail's Chief Political Campaign correspondent. And you can find

1:33.1

her at Nikki Schwab. That's N-I-K-K-I-S-C-H-W-A-B. We have a lot to get into. Specifically, I really

1:43.1

want to talk about the primary results from last night because they are wild and all over the place and really like a referendum on where the country is going to go towards the end of this year. And, you know, maybe some people that we don't love so much got their comeuppance. So we'll get into that. But first, I do want to talk to

2:03.0

you guys about Iran and what's going on with the administration and why the messaging is so off

2:12.2

and whether or not we think that they're doing the right thing here because so many people don't.

2:21.3

And so many people do.

2:23.3

But it's very, very split.

2:25.7

So over the night, the U.S. intensified the strikes.

2:29.7

And I was listening to the radio when I was coming home from dropping my girls off.

2:34.9

And they're like, the navies at the bottom of the sea.

2:37.3

And all this like very hyperbolic language.

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