Jonathan Chait: A Scary Clown

Jonathan Chait: A Scary Clown

Pete Hegseth may have a winning Fox & Friends smile, but his desire to shoot protesters, commit war crimes, and purge non-MAGA leaders from the military aligns with Trump's views—and is probably the reason why he was nominated for defense secretary. Plus, Republicans won without offering a middle-class economic agenda, and the ties between the Democrats' loss and the party's busy-body language police.

Jonathan Chait joins Tim Miller.

show notes

Chait's piece on Pete Hegseth
Tim's Thanksgiving playlist

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