Alex Wagner: ICE Is Still Killing People
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Hello and welcome to the Bulwark Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. Delighted to welcome back to the show. Host of the podcast, Runaway Country from Crooked Media. She also writes the sub stack, How the Hell with Alex Wagner. That's my buddy, Alex Wagner.
Hi, friend. It's great to see you.
What's up? It's good to see you too. You're fresh. You're off of vacation.
I know.
I read on your sub stack. Yeah. I am dragging. I'm heading into vacation.
The drag hits fast, even after you get back from vacation.
Vacation is on. the horizon for me. And, you know, the Graham Plattner agonistus this week has been the thing that's about ready to send me over the edge. So I'm looking for you to carry me today. Let's start with Plattner. There's a ton of news. Trump is, I mean, doing insanity right now in Europe as we're talking.
Even more so than usual. I guess it's more public. It's like when your crazy old uncle starts running around naked outside. You're like, ooh, this is another level of embarrassing.
Yeah. That's what's happening. So we're going to get to that towards the end in case he literally does get naked. I don't want to miss that.
If no dignity left as a country, that would be the end of it.
So we'll do politics first. The latest in the Plattner story is that he hasn't dropped yet. Literally everyone has called for him to drop out. including Bernie Sanders and Zoran and other people kind of from his wing of the Democratic Party. Even his consultants are kind of starting to do the thing this morning that was like, this wasn't us. You know, kind of looking around.
I didn't talk to the New York Post.
Who are the guys that did this? You know, all we did was the ads. So everybody's trying to get out of it. And, you know, by the time this publishes, who knows, maybe things will change. I think there's some worries that Platner tries to gut this out and, you know, kind of does a Democratic Roy Moore.
Thank you.
I hope that is not the case. What we do know is that they are at minimum putting the main Democratic Party in a really tough spot. And he's got until this coming Monday at 5 p.m. to drop out if he chooses to do so. He's been trying to... Well, let's actually just listen. This is the executive director of the main Democratic Party. And let me tell you, she deserves hazard pay for what she's dealing with right now. And she put out this video yesterday kind of summarizing the state of affairs.
Hi, everyone. I wanted to provide you all an update on the U.S. Senate race here in Maine. As you know, the Maine Democratic Party has been working around the clock to develop a process to replace our U.S. Senate nominee that is open, inclusive, transparent, and fair. The integrity of this process is just as important as the outcome, and we are committed to ensuring that Democrats across our state can have confidence in both. Unfortunately, Graham Plattner's team has repeatedly reached out to us in an attempt to put their thumb on the scale of what this process looks like. We have also reiterated that Graham Plattner must drop out of this race so that Democrats in Maine can focus on defeating Susan Collins this November.
That's Devin Murphy Anderson. Shout out to her.
Much respect. Much respect, Dev.
What do you make of all that, Alex?
I mean, first of all, I've been using the word hubris. I've been using the word ego. These words are insufficient for the level of self-involvement, selfishness, betrayal that we see from Graham. Like, it would have been... Bad enough that he lied about the Nazi tattoo. It would have been bad enough that there was the infidelity that he kept lying to his supporters and the public about the next shoe to drop.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:12
2
Who is Graham Plattner and why is his Maine Senate bid causing a crisis for Democrats?
5:12–14:34
3
What evidence and allegations have been raised about Plattner's past behavior and tattoo claims?
14:34–38:24
4
How should Democrats balance vetting, outsider energy, and reaching working‑class voters after the Plattner saga?
38:24–1:12:23
Speakers
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