'If You Can Keep It': The Cracks In The GOP

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

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The Democratic party has been plagued by infighting over everything from its aging leadership to the war in Gaza. We talked about those divisions on the program earlier this month.

Now, we’re turning our attention to the cracks in the GOP, which over the last few weeks, have only grown wider.

Shortly after President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, the Republican party appeared to be in lockstep. Nearly a year later, a lot has changed.

Internal divisions within the GOP include backlash over antisemitism and the release of the Epstein files. President Trump finally signed the order to release said files last week.

In this installment of our weekly politics series, “If You Can Keep It,” we discuss what these divisions in the Republican party mean for the midterm elections and for its future.

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0:00.0	The Democratic Party has been plagued by infighting, including debates over its aging party leadership and the war in Gaza.
0:13.9	We discussed those divisions on the program earlier this month.
0:17.0	But today, we turn our attention to cracks in the GOP. When President Trump won the
0:22.9	2024 election, the Republican Party appeared to be in lockstep. Today, not so much. Donald
0:29.8	Trump's poll numbers are at near historic lows with an approval rating hovering right
0:34.7	around 40 percent, and that's helping drive divisions, positioning, and political
0:39.5	warfare in the GOP. One example, the falling out between Trump and Georgia representative
0:45.0	Marjorie Taylor Green, who announced last Friday that she'll resign from Congress in January.
0:50.3	I have too much self-respect and dignity. I love my family way too much. And I do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president that we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms.
1:10.8	Green also claimed that President Trump is trying to destroy her.
1:15.1	She was once among Trump's loudest supporters.
1:18.5	These internal divisions within the GOP include backlash
1:21.5	over how to address anti-Semitism in the party
1:24.1	and the release of the Epstein files.
1:26.4	President Trump finally signed the order to release
1:28.4	those last week. For today's installment of our weekly politics series, if you can keep it, the cracks in the
1:34.0	GOP, and what they mean for the midterm elections and the future of the party. I'm Jen White here
1:39.3	with Todd Zwillick, and you're listening to the 1A podcast. We'll be back with all that and more after this short
1:44.8	break. Stay with us. Let's get into the conversation with our guests. Joining us in studio is Will
1:55.6	Summer. He's a senior reporter for the center-right news website, The Bullwork, where he writes their false flag
2:01.7	newsletter. The newsletter focuses on the online culture and communities that now run our country.
2:07.0	He's also the author of Trust the Plan, the rise of QAnon and the conspiracy that reshape the world.
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