Republicans Now Have an ‘Incentive to Be Terrible’

The New Abnormal

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🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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After four years of Donald Trump and the ultimate hangover that ensued, has the Republican Party learned from its mistakes? Far from it, Molly Jong-Fast says on this episode of The New Abnormal podcast. “Trump definitely did something in the Republican Party. Right?” Molly asks. “They were always bad. They would do terrible things, but they would pretend not to be terrible. And now there’s like an incentive to be terrible. Like the people who are terrible actually raise the most money.” Still, Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones, who represents New York’s 17th District, says that while he faces an uphill battle against the Republicans and despite the disappointments of recent events, including the repeal of Roe v. Wade, there is hope on the horizon. Then, Tim Miller, MSNBC analyst and the author of Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell, reflects on what he learned about the Republican Party.

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0:00.0	I've been dancing at my funeral!
0:04.1	See Jungblood live on his biggest tour to date
0:07.6	as he arrives at Torena's across the UK in February 2023
0:12.3	in support of his self-titled album, Out Now.
0:15.3	One million sets of play-out games
0:17.9	won't feel like feeling sad.
0:20.2	Tickets are on sale now at live-nation.co.uk.
0:24.6	Don't miss Jungblood live!
0:31.6	Hi, I'm Molly Johnfast, no relationship to Kim Jong-un.
0:37.0	I'm a left-wing pundit and a writer at the Atlantic Envote.
0:40.5	And I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN guy
0:44.4	and current cable news conscientious objector.
0:46.8	And I've produced Suggesti-Kat and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails.
0:51.4	We're here to have fun, smart conversations with the wisest and funniest people
0:55.4	in science and media and politics that help make what's happening today clearer.
1:00.2	Our world has been turned upside down
1:02.3	and on the new abnormal we'll talk about the people who got us into this mess
1:05.8	and how we'll hopefully get ourselves out of it.
1:07.9	Alright, we have an excellent show today.
1:10.9	First we're going to talk to Congressman Mondair Jones
1:13.1	who of course represents New York's 17th Congressional District
1:16.4	but is now running in New York's 10th Congressional District
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