Crossing the Line: Michele Bachmann Stands Up to Antisemitism (Part 2)
The Dr. Phil Podcast
Dr. Phil McGraw
4.3 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Part 2: Former Congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann joins Dr. Phil for a revealing discussion about the alarming rise of antisemitism in American politics and culture. Bachmann shares why she resigned from the Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism task force a move that sent shockwaves through conservative circles and opens up about her deep concerns with both right- and left-wing voices failing to confront anti-Israel rhetoric and conspiracy theories.
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| 0:00.0 | Last episode of the Dr. Phil podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm sitting down virtually with Michelle Bachman, |
| 0:07.0 | a trailblazing former Congresswoman, |
| 0:09.0 | presidential candidate, and respected conservative voice. |
| 0:13.0 | Now, Michelle recently made headlines by resigning from the Heritage Foundation's |
| 0:19.0 | top anti-Semitism task force, |
| 0:21.6 | taking a strong stand when she saw the CEO |
| 0:25.6 | of the Heritage Foundation failing to confront |
| 0:28.6 | what she considered a really dangerous anti-Semitic situation |
| 0:34.6 | and rhetoric. |
| 0:35.6 | Now, she's here to talk about why she is deeply alarmed, as am I, by what she sees |
| 0:42.2 | happening inside both the liberal and the conservative movements in this country, and |
| 0:47.9 | why she believes speaking out now matters more than ever. |
| 0:53.0 | ... matters more than ever. |
| 1:10.0 | We're talking about the fact that anti-Semitic violence, rhetoric, and attitude is just going absolutely vertical in this country, |
| 1:13.8 | particularly over the last few years. |
| 1:17.4 | And we saw it after October 7th. |
| 1:22.0 | I mean, it was just unbelievable. |
| 1:24.5 | I mean, it didn't take 24 hours before it started. |
| 1:28.7 | That's right. That's right. And Michelle Bachman, I promise that we were going to talk about |
| 1:34.7 | what all of this justification and vitriol is that is selling the young people. And one of the |
| 1:43.8 | things that I've seen as a consistent theme is that they're starting, |
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