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The Truth with Lisa Boothe

The Truth with Lisa Boothe: The Toxic Culture of Political Blame: How Tragedy Shapes Our Discourse

The Truth with Lisa Boothe

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Lisa welcomes Matt Whitlock, a former Capitol Hill staffer, to discuss how Democrats and the mainstream media exploit the deadly flooding in Central Texas for political gain, often rushing to blame Republicans and President Trump before facts are known.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:05.1

Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we cut to the heart of what matters to you.

0:10.5

Today, we've got Matt Whitlock on this show.

0:12.7

He's the host of 10-minute drill, a senior vice president at CRC advisors.

0:17.1

And he's also worked for National Republican Senator Mike Lee, a lot of people like that on Capitol Hill.

0:23.4

We're going to impact the fallout from the devastating Texas floods. Absolutely devastating.

0:30.6

So many young children have died in these floods. Truly heartbreaking.

0:35.7

But what are Democrats doing? They're trying to politicize this

0:40.9

tragedy for political gain. So we'll get into that with Matt. Also, we're going to talk about the big,

0:47.1

beautiful bill. If you look at parts of the bill, they pull well. You know, people want border

0:51.6

security. People want things like that. But overall, the bill does

0:55.3

struggle in polling. So what does that look like for the midterms heading into them for Republicans?

1:01.2

You've got people like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calling it a crime scene due to what he

1:06.7

says or Medicaid cuts. So how do Republicans counteract that? What does that messaging need to look

1:11.3

like, particularly when historically the party in charge does struggle in a midterm?

1:17.0

I'm also going to ask Matt about a new Victor Davis-Hanson op-ed, his scathing critique of America's

1:23.7

experts and their crumbling credibility. So tune in.

1:31.7

We'll talk to Matt Whitlock about a lot of things and get his insight, particularly all his time in politics.

1:33.1

So stay tuned for Matt Whitlock.

1:38.8

Well, Matt Whitlock, it's great to have you on this show.

1:41.7

I've known you for a little while now.

1:43.7

So you have been hitting the TV circuit,

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