What Next - MAGA Eating Itself Alive
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
They’re suspicious of the 2020 election results, their donors, and each other. Now, the MAGA wing of the Michigan GOP is in control—and has kneecapped the state Republican party’s ability to fundraise, appoint leaders, and perform its most basic institutional functions.
Guest: Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate senior writer
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| 1:16.0 | But he flew home recently because of politics. |
| 1:20.0 | He had this theory about Michigan's Republican Party, and he wanted to see it in action. |
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| 1:49.0 | he means the party's been running out of money. |
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