The party's over: Mark Z. Barabak, Emily Cochrane, plus Jim Cavanaugh on extremism

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🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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LA Times columnist Mark Z. Barabak and New York Times congressional reporter Emily Cochrane join Chuck to talk about the Republican Party. Jim Cavanaugh, former special agent in charge at the ATF, talks about the uptick in extremism — a topic we’re going to focus on this week with our new season of Meet the Press Reports.

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0:00.0	Hello, there I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast.
0:09.0	So ladies and gentlemen, the party is over.
0:11.2	That is the Republican Party.
0:12.2	For decades, Republicans stood for the limited government, free enterprise, free expression
0:16.2	and local control.
0:17.2	But today's Republican Party is not exactly your father's GOP or Ronald Reagan for George
0:22.1	W. Bush's or even Mitt Romney's.
0:24.3	Remember when corporations were people too.
0:26.6	With the start of the Trump presidency, Republicans have been moving, inching towards a more
0:30.5	and more control over businesses, over speech and over local elections.
0:35.5	Take for instance Mitch McConnell, a man who champions political contributions as free
0:39.2	speech.
0:40.2	Money is speech.
0:41.2	What did he tell corporate America?
0:42.2	Stay out of politics.
0:43.2	The U.P. is now a party that's shaped more in Trump's grievance image, including some
0:48.3	that then even start out as Trump supporters.
0:51.3	I mean, just look at two laws, one in the state of Florida, the banning of vaccine passports
0:57.3	by private businesses.
0:59.1	It's not something you would see every day from the Republican Party of 20 years ago.
1:03.8	So joining me this week to discuss the impacts on politics, LA Times columnist Mark
1:07.8	Baraback and New York Times reporter Emily Cochran.
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