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Iran War Causes Huge MAGA vs. MAGA Fight | MAGA Mondays

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

News, News Commentary, Politics, Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Will Sommer and Sam Stein went live to cover the intra-MAGA fights sparked by the war in Iran. They're also discussing Tucker Carlson's claim that Trump was being fed bad poll data on the war, Rep. Dan Crenshaw getting heckled, and more.

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0:00.0

All right, everybody. It's me, Sam Stein, joined by Will Summer for your weekly installment of Maga Mondays.

0:07.5

Before we get into what would happen over the weekend on the Internet, because this is the show where we talk about what happened over the weekend on the Internet.

0:14.8

I need to address something also on the Internet.

0:17.4

This thing, this picture right over there, This has become an object of some fascination

0:22.1

in certain parts of the Reddit community. I think it's because Will was sitting in this

0:26.8

exact place during a video last week. And people were wondering why this cartoon drawing of me

0:33.2

was in Will's shot. He just used my office. There's nothing more to it. I don't know why I even hang that thing up there other than I'd like to look at myself in the morning. I put a little candle, a little shrine to myself. But I just want to dispel some of the weird conspiracies that I was privy to online. Nothing really big about this. Will was just using my office. I don't know, Well, do you want to address some of these rumors? Look, it's just the office shrine to Sam.

0:57.6

It's nothing weird. really big about this will was just using my office i don't know well do you want to address some of these

0:54.6

these rumors look it's just the office shrine to sam it's nothing weird you don't need to read too

0:59.4

much into it you know sam makes us all you know hang i obviously i have one in my own home but but it's

1:05.1

it's emotional it is true it's true i was and I were talking about this morning and he said,

1:12.6

you know, do you just go in there and like the first thing you do in your office is you look at yourself on the wall? And I thought to myself, you're right. That's kind of right. Maybe I should take that done. It's a little bit weird to have a picture of yourself up like that. So I'm going to find some better artwork, even though I really like that one. It was done by our colleague, Hannah.

1:30.1

So maybe I'll keep that, but I'm going to find some better artwork, even though I really like that one.

1:27.7

It was done by our colleague, Hannah. So maybe I'll keep that about it on. All right, well,

1:32.2

let's talk real stuff. And to the folks who can hear the trucks outside, this is also a new

1:38.3

office, and we happen to be right behind a UPS loading dock, so that happens.

1:49.4

Will, I was away this week, and I haven't really followed as close as I usually do.

1:52.9

Obviously, the big story is what's going on in the Middle East.

1:59.7

Oil skyrocketing, the market's tumbling, Trump seemingly grasping for, you know, rationales for this.

2:01.5

The hospital, the bomb mix, sorry, the girls' school, which has really bothered me on an

2:07.9

emotional level, him sort of dismissing the idea that it was the United States, even though

2:12.0

there's multiple studies suggesting it.

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