S8 Ep1104: Thaddeus McCotter. The Republican Civil War: MAGA Populism vs. the Establishment. McCotter analyzes the Republican Party's struggle with the MAGA movement, which he defines as populist rather than traditionally Republican. He warns that without a clear pr
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🗓️ 8 July 2026
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Thaddeus McCotter. The Republican Civil War: MAGA Populism vs. the Establishment. McCotter analyzes the Republican Party's struggle with the MAGA movement, which he defines as populist rather than traditionally Republican. He warns that without a clear programmatic platform beyond Donald Trump, the movement may not survive his leadership, potentially leading to conflict with the revanchist Republican establishment. (14)
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| 0:49.2 | Thadis McCutter, American greatness was where he writes, |
| 0:52.6 | former politician, recovering politician, that is, prefers, |
| 0:56.7 | and I do too when I remember it. We've spoken of the Democratic Party having skills to recover |
| 1:02.2 | from a candidate who is troubled and not candid about the troubles. Now we turn to the Republican |
| 1:09.4 | party looking at the midterms, |
| 1:11.4 | X number of weeks to go, troubled and with skills, however, to recover. This is about the House |
| 1:18.1 | of Representatives. I'm not going to speak to the Senate right now. The House has enough stories to tell. |
| 1:24.8 | The President is, according to the polling, not popular, not anywhere close to where he was |
| 1:30.5 | at the election in 24, nor in the first year of his candidacy. That is not necessarily important because |
| 1:39.0 | the president's not on the ticket. So what is the Republican Party to do when faced with the enthusiasm of its own |
| 1:47.4 | base that is MAGA, all for the president, and doesn't show a lot of ability, or maybe it does, |
| 1:54.1 | I ask that is. Do you see MAGA converting its talent for boosting Mr. Trump into converting |
| 2:00.3 | into enthusiasm for the various candidates that are at risk for the House? |
| 2:06.3 | Well, I think that what happened, if you look back at the history of the Reform Party, the history of the Tea Party, |
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