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Luke Broadwater

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Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

And some of these were examples that played out on the House floor, you know. Eric Swalwell and Kevin McCarthy coming up to each other and using the P word. Right. You had Tim Burchett and Kevin McCarthy in the hallway.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

Yeah. Oftentimes it's members of the same caucus even getting into it with each other. Obviously, we talked about Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene and why they hate each other so much. One thing that I learned in that scene with Jasmine Crockett in the oversight room is going back and reporting it later is that Lauren Boebert is actually the preferred Republican of the Democrats.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

Yeah. Oftentimes it's members of the same caucus even getting into it with each other. Obviously, we talked about Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene and why they hate each other so much. One thing that I learned in that scene with Jasmine Crockett in the oversight room is going back and reporting it later is that Lauren Boebert is actually the preferred Republican of the Democrats.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

Yeah. Oftentimes it's members of the same caucus even getting into it with each other. Obviously, we talked about Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene and why they hate each other so much. One thing that I learned in that scene with Jasmine Crockett in the oversight room is going back and reporting it later is that Lauren Boebert is actually the preferred Republican of the Democrats.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

They see her as much easier to work with and actually she has friendships on the left. When her grandchild was born, Jamie Raskin of all people sent her a baby gift that said, I may take a lot of naps, but I'm still woke.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

They see her as much easier to work with and actually she has friendships on the left. When her grandchild was born, Jamie Raskin of all people sent her a baby gift that said, I may take a lot of naps, but I'm still woke.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

They see her as much easier to work with and actually she has friendships on the left. When her grandchild was born, Jamie Raskin of all people sent her a baby gift that said, I may take a lot of naps, but I'm still woke.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

Trevor Burrus, Jr. : And people feel that Schumer is out of step with the moment. You know, he sat for us for the book and he told us, these are his words, that once the Republican Party removes the turd of Donald Trump, it will go back to being the old Republican Party. And he described Donald Trump as being sort of an evil sorcerer in his words.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

Trevor Burrus, Jr. : And people feel that Schumer is out of step with the moment. You know, he sat for us for the book and he told us, these are his words, that once the Republican Party removes the turd of Donald Trump, it will go back to being the old Republican Party. And he described Donald Trump as being sort of an evil sorcerer in his words.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

Trevor Burrus, Jr. : And people feel that Schumer is out of step with the moment. You know, he sat for us for the book and he told us, these are his words, that once the Republican Party removes the turd of Donald Trump, it will go back to being the old Republican Party. And he described Donald Trump as being sort of an evil sorcerer in his words.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

that had sort of cast a spell over Republicans and Republican voters. And what we really discovered reporting this book out is that every member of the House Republicans that we talked to had embraced the MAGA movement and made it their own. It was not solely the function of Donald Trump anymore. And they had taken it in some way

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

that had sort of cast a spell over Republicans and Republican voters. And what we really discovered reporting this book out is that every member of the House Republicans that we talked to had embraced the MAGA movement and made it their own. It was not solely the function of Donald Trump anymore. And they had taken it in some way

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

that had sort of cast a spell over Republicans and Republican voters. And what we really discovered reporting this book out is that every member of the House Republicans that we talked to had embraced the MAGA movement and made it their own. It was not solely the function of Donald Trump anymore. And they had taken it in some way

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

some instances even further to the right than where Donald Trump is with MAGA. And so, you know, our belief is, having done all these interviews, that MAGA will exist long after Donald Trump leaves the political scene.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

some instances even further to the right than where Donald Trump is with MAGA. And so, you know, our belief is, having done all these interviews, that MAGA will exist long after Donald Trump leaves the political scene.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

some instances even further to the right than where Donald Trump is with MAGA. And so, you know, our belief is, having done all these interviews, that MAGA will exist long after Donald Trump leaves the political scene.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

Yeah. Two of the, uh, I guess we could call them characters in the book, were Steve Bannon and Russell Vogt, who now are wielding even more influence in the Trump administration. And we document in this book how they were able to sort of dictate how things were happening on Capitol Hill through their allies in the House Republicans and also through their influence, especially on Bannon's podcast.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

Yeah. Two of the, uh, I guess we could call them characters in the book, were Steve Bannon and Russell Vogt, who now are wielding even more influence in the Trump administration. And we document in this book how they were able to sort of dictate how things were happening on Capitol Hill through their allies in the House Republicans and also through their influence, especially on Bannon's podcast.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

Yeah. Two of the, uh, I guess we could call them characters in the book, were Steve Bannon and Russell Vogt, who now are wielding even more influence in the Trump administration. And we document in this book how they were able to sort of dictate how things were happening on Capitol Hill through their allies in the House Republicans and also through their influence, especially on Bannon's podcast.

Fresh Air
Inside The 'Mad House' Of Congressional Disfunction

He was able to text directly with members and acted in some cases like a stage parent, sort of coaching them on how to approach certain situations to get the most MAGA outcome.