The GOP's Ivy League Populism

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🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an American story.
0:02.0	When I opened the box, I could feel the heat to the memo coming out 80 years later.
0:06.5	About politics going over the edge.
0:09.0	He actually says outright, I intend to overthrow the U.S. government.
0:12.0	He's open about these objectives, and his supporters are armed and ready.
0:15.0	You have probably not heard this story before, but there is good reason to know it now.
0:20.0	Rachel Maddo presents Ultra, a new podcast series from MSNBC.
0:25.0	Search for Rachel Maddo presents Ultra, wherever you're listening and follow.
0:30.0	I'm Jason Kander.
0:35.0	And I'm Robbie Gupta.
0:37.0	And this is Majority 54, the podcast that helps Americans who voted for progress,
0:41.0	convinced those who didn't to join our Majority.
0:44.0	Ravi, what's going on this week?
0:46.0	Well, Jason, picking up where we left off last week, we have some breaking news.
0:49.0	Just before we recorded this podcast, Liz Cheney was voted out of her.
0:54.0	Position as the number three Republican in the House of Representatives.
0:58.0	You know, this came after key leaders of the Republican Party went against her on Monday in a letter,
1:05.0	House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told House Republicans that he supported ousting Cheney
1:10.0	because, quote, she's been re-litigating the past, meaning rebutting Trump's repeated false claims
1:15.0	that he won the 2020 election.
1:17.0	That letter also said interestingly that unlike the left, we embrace free thought and debate,
1:23.0	you know, which is interesting, given that the letter was in the context of them ousting somebody
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