“So Used To LYING!” AIPAC vs Thomas Massie + San Diego Mosque Attack With Mehdi Hasan

Piers Morgan Uncensored

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Thomas Massie’s bruising defeat last night was widely framed as proof that President Trump still has total control of the Republican Party. But critics argue the bigger question is who really has influence over Trump. Pro-Israel donors and lobbying groups reportedly spent more than $15 million to defeat Massie, with millions linked to AIPAC. Massie was never known as a leading critic of Israel. Allies say his real offence was challenging the influence of lobbyists and billionaire donors over Republican leadership and US foreign policy. Now, with Massie sidelined, divisions inside MAGA are deepening. Has Trump tightened his grip on the movement — or has the donor class tightened its grip on Trump? Meanwhile, outrage is growing after three people were killed in a suspected terror attack at San Diego’s largest mosque. The attack has intensified scrutiny of anti-Muslim rhetoric in politics following recent comments from Republican figures and a controversial post from Trump ally Laura Loomer targeting mosque attendees. Critics say the question now is whether inflammatory political rhetoric is beginning to have deadly consequences... Piers Morgan is joined by senior counsel of the Article 3 Project, Will Chamberlain, Host of System Update, Glenn Greenwald, founder of Outkick!, Clay Travis and former Republican strategist and speechwriter, Buckley Carlson to discuss. Piers then speaks to founder of Zeteo, Mehdi Hasan about the mosque attack in San Diego. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.8	dot UK slash podcast to learn more. I would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent
0:28.0	and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Galrine in Tel Aviv. Three pro-Israeli
0:35.0	billionaires poured record-breaking amounts of money into this tiny little district.
0:38.8	If you don't think that 20, 25 million dollars is enough to sway 5,000 voters, just not living in political reality.
0:45.3	I'm sure Will Chambers is about to do exactly that.
0:47.8	We are so used to lying and obfuscation in Weasel words, as we often see from Will Chambers here.
0:54.6	Oh, get over yourself, Buckley.
0:56.8	I don't think Massey would have won if Israel had not spent a dollar.
1:03.1	When a mosque is attacked in the U.S., Republican politicians are silent.
1:07.0	You can't find Democrats who do the same when there's a synagogue attack or anything equivalent.
1:12.6	Thomas Massey's bruising defeat last night was, according to most mainstream commentary, proof that President Trump remains in total control.
1:19.6	He may be battered and bruised by the broken promises and the war in Iran, but he's still the kingpin and the kingmaker.
1:26.6	Trump's take down on Massey crystallizes his grip on the GOP, said USA today.
1:31.5	Thomas Massey's defeat tightens Trump's grips in the new republic.
1:35.1	And so word for word did the BBC.
1:37.4	The New York Times, mixing things up a bit, said Trump tightened his grasp on the GOP.
1:42.4	The question they ought to be asking is who is gripping or grasping
1:46.0	President Trump. Pro-Israel donors and lobbyists spent at least $15 million on the campaign against
1:51.9	Thomas Massey. It's the most expensive primary in US history. Millions of dollars came from
1:56.7	APAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. You might therefore assume that Massey was a
2:02.2	raving anti-Semite, he used his platform to trash Israel at every opportunity. But he didn't.
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