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DSR's Words Matter

On the Fringe No Longer: Republicans Mainstream the Extreme

DSR's Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Each week, Norm Ornstein and Kavita Patel, we will talk about the issues facing our country as we head into the midterms and what our leaders are saying and doing about them. We hope you like the show and we'd love to hear your feedback. If you have any comments feel free to send us an email at podcasts@thedsrnetwork.com. On this week's episode, we talk about how the Republican Party is embracing ideologies that used to be fringe, how the media is missing the mark, and what the future of the GOP could look like. We ground all of our analysis in the words of Matt Birk, David Brooks, and Joe O'Dea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Words Matter with Norm Ornstein.

0:10.4

There is no vaccine around.

0:13.7

And Dr. Kavita Patel.

0:15.4

But I bet you didn't know that.

0:17.4

Most clinicians do not know that.

0:19.6

And that's a problem.

0:21.0

Hello and welcome to Words Matter from the DSR Network.

0:25.0

Each week Norm Ornstein and I will talk about the issues facing our country as we head

0:28.5

into the midterms and what our leaders are saying and doing about them.

0:32.7

Today we actually have an action-filled episode with some of our favorite clips from some

0:38.8

leading Republican candidates at various levels, Lieutenant Governor, Senate, French candidates

0:45.1

in Congress, who no longer seem like they are on the fringe.

0:49.2

And in fact, have emerged as either front runners or incredibly, incredibly resistant

0:55.3

threats to any counter from a moderate Republican or any Democrat whatsoever.

1:02.5

Norman, I will try to break down some of the words that are coming out of candidates'

1:06.7

mouth and try to understand exactly where this fits in the Democratic debate as well

1:11.8

as our fight for justice on so many levels.

1:16.0

Here are a few clips from a candidate for Lieutenant Governor Minnesota, Matt Burke, actually

1:21.6

a longtime Minnesota Viking fan and he's a former football player, but here he is talking

1:27.1

at the right to life convention.

1:30.1

Our culture, loudly but also stealthily promotes abortion.

1:34.6

You know, telling women they should look a certain way, they should have careers, all

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