Sheldon Whitehouse on Trump’s Flying Monkeys, Cosplaying Billionaires, & his Festival of Corruption
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🗓️ 22 April 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Rick is delighted to sit down with Senator-meets-influencer Sheldon Whitehouse, who is fed up and is "not going to take it anymore!" Chatting about Trump's flying monkey followers in the House, Senate, and in his administration, Sheldon and Rick unpack the three C's -- Cost, Chaos, and Corruption -- that are hurting Americans and will challenge Republicans in the upcoming 2026 race.
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| 1:00.9 | You know, this is Springsteen. Poor man want to be rich. Rich man want to be king. Yep. |
| 1:05.5 | So these billionaires get to sort of cosplay at government offices that they don't know anything about, but they get to |
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