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Will Sommer

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The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Some of them are not, and they're rude and unpleasant people, and I think seriously bad guys.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

But on the other hand, at least we can take solace in the fact that I think for a lot of these right-wing media personalities, karma does catch up to them.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I think about people who are just really awful people, and then they'll get indicted.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

The We Build the Wall guy was running a grift.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

or they'll turn out in some cases to be a pedophile or texting underage boys or something.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And so often there is sort of a recompense waiting.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Yeah, I mean, I think the sort of the world of sort of like right wing media influencers, social media figures has gotten a lot bigger.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I think they've gotten more influential.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I mean, you know, if you had said to me a decade ago or,

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

You know, whenever seven years ago, Laura Loomer changed herself up to Twitter headquarters.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And if you had said, by the way, you know, in a few years, she'll be getting people fired from the presidential administration or, you know, able to block refugees from visiting America, stuff like this.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I would have said, no, that lady, she's nuts.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And she still is.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

But now she has all this influence.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Or, you know, I think the audiences have gotten bigger.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

And I think so much of the right now is really being controlled and influenced by these personalities.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I look at like Fox News and obviously they have a huge audience, but I don't I don't think those people are really deciding what the direction of the party is, what the future is going to look like.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

I missed that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

Oh, yeah.

The Bulwark Podcast
Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party

This is so crazy.