Amanda Carpenter: Lessons from the Tea Party Era
The Bulwark Podcast15 Marras 2024

Amanda Carpenter: Lessons from the Tea Party Era

Ted Cruz and Jim DeMint ground things to a halt in the Senate quite effectively during the Obama era, and Democrats should take a cue from them for Trump's appointments: Demand hearings or hold their own. More broadly, the opposition has to be loud and make a scene, while also staying unified and focused. We are a big country with big ideas, and there are more of us than there are of them.

Amanda Carpenter joins Tim Miller for the weekend pod.

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Part 1 of the "Behind the Bastards" podcast on RFK, Jr.
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