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Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Kristi Noem Scandal Explodes, DC Gossip Goes Full Housewives and Our April Fool’s Fail

Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Citizen Cain Productions

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

3.8824 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

It’s Meghan’s first week back and we accidentally kicked things off by convincing everyone Miranda was leaving the show. She’s not. We’re sorry. Kind of. Then we get into the scandal everyone is talking about. The alleged situation involving Kristi Noem’s husband has taken over the internet. While we are not here to kink-shame, we are asking serious questions about hypocrisy, judgment, and national security risks when personal behavior collides with public power. We’re joined by Capitol Hill reporter Juliegrace Brufke, who brings the tea from inside Washington, where politics is starting to look a lot more like reality TV. From rumored affairs and DC “honeypots” to why members of Congress might not pass their own security clearances, nothing is off limits. We also break down: The Kristi Noem controversy and what actually matters Why DC is becoming “Real Housewives” with legislation Ongoing scandals involving figures like Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Sanford TMZ entering the political gossip space A wild round of “Spill Without Getting Sued” Plus Bravo drama, Jen Shah updates, and why Miranda might now be open to her return. As always, we wrap with your questions, including motherhood chaos, reality TV scandals, and what happens when politics and pop culture fully collide. 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 and welcome back to Citizen McCain.

0:34.3

It is Wednesday, April 1st.

0:37.2

I am very happy to be back with all of you. I have to admit, I'm still like getting my sea legs, getting back into the swing of things, hosting, being in the news cycle. And it is not lost on me that yesterday we ended our show, I'm sorry, Monday we ended our show. Time is a construct. I'm up all night long,

0:54.6

all day, still nursing and feeding my baby. So excuse me for getting the days. But we ended

0:59.9

the show on Monday with our friend S.E. Cupp and Miranda talking about how much we love political

1:04.7

sex scandals and how we love a good sex scandal and how the weirdest ones we could remember.

1:10.2

For me, it was wide stance

1:11.4

Larry Craig getting caught in a bathroom soliciting gay sex from a police officer. That was one of my

1:16.2

favorites of all time. And who do we have a doozy that broke yesterday? I didn't even really believe

1:23.6

it when I first saw it. And we all have seen it. And I know you know what we're talking about.

1:27.9

We're talking about the scandal with Christy Noam's husband, which we will definitely get into.

1:34.1

But please subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you have a chance, YouTube.com slash at Citizen McCain, YouTube.

1:40.2

And if you're listening to our podcast, you want to join us on Zoom. You can register to do that at 2way.tv slash Megan. And we are definitely going to get to our questions today. We also have an incredible new gossip columnist on today. I love gossip columnists. I always get along with them. I love gossip. And I particularly love political gossip because look what has just happened. And like I said, we're going to get into all of the scandal of everything with Christine Ome and her husband.

2:06.4

Really quickly, just raise your digital hand if you want to ask a question. We'll get into it.

2:11.6

I also have a little bit of housekeeping. We got a phone call yesterday. This is very intense news for the show. We got a phone call

2:20.7

that my longtime co-host and executive producer Miranda has decided that it is time for her to move on

2:28.6

from Citizen McCain. She has been doing some soul searching, and she has decided that she, in fact, hates Israel, that she thinks that Charlie Kirk was, I can't even do this, that she thinks to Charlie Kirk was, I can't do this. I'm so sorry.

2:44.1

This was meant to be an April Fool's joke that did not land. I apologize. We were going to announce she's joining me.

2:48.8

Everybody looks so sad. We were going to say she's joining me. Everybody looks so sad.

2:53.6

We were going to say she was joining Megan Kelly or Candace. You look like you're going to cry.

2:54.9

I can't do it.

2:56.0

Miranda, come on here.

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