A fractured Republican Party on display and fallout from the partial release of the Epstein

files.

There is no shortage of political news on this holiday week.

So for analysis, we turn to our Politics Monday duo.

That's Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR.

Welcome to you both.

Thank you so much for being here.

I want to talk about this turning point event

that happened over the last few days.

This was the organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk.

His death had brought a fair amount of unity to the Republican Party,

but multiple speakers at this multiple day event seemed to chip away

at that foundation.

Most notably, Ben Shapiro, the conservative reporter and spokesperson, said he basically accused

right-wing influencers like Tucker Carlson of promoting anti-Semitism and conspiracy theories.

And he said that putting someone like Nick Fuentes, the avowed racist and neo-Nazi, on his

broadcast, was a problem.

Here's a bit of what Shapiro said.

There is a reason that Charlie Kirk despised at Nick Fuentes and indeed even chided

into Neshkesuza for debating him.

He knew that Nick Fuentes is an evil troll and that building him up is an act of moral imbecility.

And that is precisely what Tucker Carlson did. He built Nick Fuentes up.

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