Episode 5487: Underwriting Your Own Destruction

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How did Colorado's primary results signal a shift in party politics?

Unknown 0:00

Colorado largely rejected candidates they associated with the Washington establishment. In Colorado's deep blue first district, 29-year-old Melat Kiros, a former lawyer turned barista and PhD student, backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, unseated 15-term incumbent, Deanna DeGette. In the governor's race, State Attorney General Phil Weiser defeated Senator Michael Bennett in a race that Bennett was won at one point, leading by 30 points, folks, in the polls. Senator John Hickenlooper, however, survived his own challenge from progressive state Senator Julie Gonzalez by moving to the left and drastically outspending Gonzalez. The moment when you said to yourself, screw it, I'm going to run for Congress.

Melat Kiros 0:46

It was actually after Donald Trump won the presidency a second time. My first instinct wasn't to run myself. It was that we would need to run somebody. I sincerely believe that money in politics is the greatest thing that's preventing us from passing things like Medicare for all and universal child care. And seeing that the congresswoman had been taking millions of dollars from a lot of these different industries was a sticking point for me. And so I asked around to see if there was anybody in our state house and in our city council that would be interested in running. And I didn't. and hear that anybody would. And I think competitive primaries are so important, especially in moments of crisis like this right now for our economy and our democracy.

Melat Kiros 1:22

And I decided to run.

Unknown 1:23

Concerned that Trump is going to use this power to interfere with the midterms. Do you share that fear? Thousand percent. Like, as I asked it, I'm like, I know that. In a post-January 6th world, this isn't like, oh, maybe he wants to. I don't know. I don't know. But so... Like, we know that they're going to try to do something. They have the largest paramilitary force in ICE that a president has ever had. The question now is, what are we going to do about it? That's a particular question that we should pose to Democratic governors that actually this is where all the swing congressional races are. Virginia, New Jersey, New York, California, Michigan. That's where the game in town is. What are those Democratic governors doing?

Unknown 2:08

Where's their plan to say, here's how we're going to stand up to electoral interference? I also wonder about the Brennan Center, because there are all of these nonpartisan centers that are preparing the kind of legal challenges that may need to be put into action right away.

John Brennan 2:55

I'm doing this on behalf of myself. Yes, I'm the sole target of these two investigations down in Florida. But I'm doing it on behalf of others who are being harassed and who are being subjected to the same type of punishment and condemnation. And we have to stand up against Donald Trump and the abuses of authority and the fact that the Department of Justice is being exploited in this way.

Unknown 3:18

In light of this Justice Department's highly irregular conduct, courts now recognize that it no longer deserves the presumption of regularity in certain categories of cases, and in particular in those against the president's perceived adversaries. It's a sham. That phrase, presumption of regularity, sounds benign, right? Sounds garden variety.

Stephen K. Bannon 3:37

That is such a scathing thing to say, that the courts and the function as a court system on the presumption of regularity, that everybody in there is a officer of the court doing due diligence, being truthful, honest, and frank with the court system. What John Brennan is saying is they can't be trusted. They can't be trusted. And I'll tell you what, judges have shown their distrust in this Department of Justice in just the last few weeks. I'll get to that in a moment. But this court filing, the one Luke just quoted, is as subtle as a sledgehammer to the ribs.

Why did the guest decide to run for Congress after Trump's second victory?

Stephen K. Bannon 4:09

I mean, this is full of fiery words and sharp elbows.

Unknown 4:12

He's saying it's a conspiracy theory that is the basis of an investigation into him. He is saying the Department of Justice is working on a conspiracy theory and doing so at the president's beckoning to satisfy Trump.