Matt Lewis On Moneyed Elites And Corruption
The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan
4.6 • 836 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Matt is a political journalist. He’s been a senior contributor for The Daily Caller and a columnist for AOL’s Politics Daily, and he’s currently a senior columnist at The Daily Beast. He also hosts his own podcast and YouTube show, “Matt Lewis & The News." In this episode we discuss his new book, Filthy Rich Politicians.
For two clips of our convo — on the perception of insider trading in Congress, and how Palin paved the way for Trump — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: Matt’s upbringing in rural Maryland with a father who worked as a prison guard; listening to early Limbaugh religiously; his defense of working-class populists but not their victimhood; their support for Trump despite his opulence and contempt for the poor; Trump as “deliciously funny” (especially compared to DeSantis); the fake populism of Ted Cruz; how members of Congress are 12 times richer than the average voter; the exorbitant wealth of Dem leadership; the suspicious stock trades of the Pelosis; the influence peddling of Hunter and Jared; how neither party challenges the grift on their side; George Santos; the Kennedys and FDR as aristocrats with policies for the poor; Obama cashing in after his presidency; even Bernie becoming a millionaire after his book; moratoriums on lobbying for ex-members of Congress; public financing for campaigns; rich foundations embracing “white supremacy”; how Palin and Kamala and Boris didn’t grow into the office; and why DeSantis looks great on paper but is struggling against Trump.
Browse the Dishcast archive for another conversation you might enjoy (the first 102 episodes are free in their entirety — subscribe to get everything else). Coming up: Lee Fang on the tensions within the left, Josh Barro defending the Biden administration, and Michael Moynihan on general kibitzing. Please send any guest recs and pod dissent to [email protected].
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| 0:48.3 | you want to listen to the entire thing. |
| 0:51.4 | Today, we have an all particularly particularly a writer I've always particularly enjoyed |
| 0:56.9 | reading. He's a political journalist. His name is Matt Lewis and he's been a |
| 1:02.5 | senior contributor for the Daily Caller and a colonist for AOL's Politics Daily and he's |
| 1:07.8 | currently a senior columnist at the Daily Beast, the old haunt of the |
| 1:13.2 | dish. He also hosts his own podcast and YouTube show, Matt Lewis and the News. So today, though, |
| 1:20.9 | we're going to talk about his new book, which is just out, and it's called Filthy Rich Politicians. |
| 1:27.4 | The Swamp Creatures, Lati Liberals, and Ruling Class elites, cashing in and it's called filthy rich politicians. |
| 1:32.3 | The swamp creatures, lati liberals, and ruling class elites cashing in on America. |
| 1:35.8 | Sounds like a very virulent populist. |
| 1:43.0 | Tome turns out not to be quite like that, but the spirit is well appreciated in this corner. |
| 1:48.8 | And just to give you a heads up coming up, on the Dishcast, we have Li Feng on the tensions within the left that's now going on. |
| 1:51.7 | We have Josh Barrow defending Joe Biden to the nth degree, and we'll have a go at it. |
| 1:56.4 | And maybe he will also get involved in talking about how he despises Europeans and Europe and why we all need to improve our cooking skills. |
| 2:07.8 | And then Michael Moynihan, because he's Michael Moynihan, and I miss him. |
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