The Democratic Party's Hoisted Petard

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Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 7 February 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On today’s podcast, we ask whether Donald Trump’s specific attack on socialism in the State of the Union address—and the strange Democratic response to it—will prove a key issue in 2020. Did he hoist them on their own petard? And is that what is going on with the political meltdown among Democrats in Virginia? Give a listen. We also discuss Eli Steele’s article “From White Supremacy to Identity... Source

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0:00.0	Oh, for the best.
0:09.0	Expect the worst.
0:11.0	Some preach today.
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0:15.0	The way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Oh, for the best.
0:20.0	Expect the worst.
0:22.0	Welcome to the commentary magazine podcast today is Thursday, February 7th, 24th, 20th.
0:29.0	I was for some reason to say 2014.
0:31.0	Why is that 2019?
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