Has the MAGA ‘Sugar Rush’ Finally Run Out?
6/27/202638 min
As America heads toward its 250th anniversary, many of its citizens and residents are not feeling particularly celebratory. This week on “The Opinions,” the national politics writer Michelle Cottle and the columnists David French and Jamelle Bouie discuss what it means to mark the nation’s anniversary at a moment of deep division. Plus: The latest from the Reflecting Pool waters, and the three writers share their own patriotic recommendations for the week ahead.
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This episode of “The Opinions” was produced by Derek Arthur. It was edited by Kaari Pitkin. Mixing by Efim Shapiro. Engineering by Carole Sabouraud. Video editing by Kristen Williamson and Brandon Belk-Yee. The postproduction manager is Mike Puretz. Original music by Pat McCusker. Fact-checking by Mary Marge Locker, Julie Beer and Kate Sinclair. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta and Kristina Samulewski. The director of Opinion Video is Jonah M. Kessel. The deputy director of Opinion Shows is Alison Bruzek. The director of Opinion Shows is Annie-Rose Strasser.
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Jamelle Bouie· Panelist0:27
I'm gonna sound like the kinds of conservatives I, like, read when I was in high school. Don't have this victim mentality all the time.
Michelle Cottle· Host0:35
Nice.
David French· Panelist0:35
Oh, let it out, Jamelle.
Michelle Cottle· Host0:36
Nice.
David French· Panelist0:36
Let it out, Jamelle.
Michelle Cottle· Host0:37
[laughs] Yeah. Testify, Jamelle. Testify. [laughs] [gentle music] I'm Michelle Cottle. I cover national politics for New York Times Opinion, and I am here this week with the usual suspects, columnist David French and Jamelle Bouie. Gentlemen, good to see you.
Jamelle Bouie· Panelist0:55
Good to see you as well.
David French· Panelist0:57
Michelle, great to see you.
Michelle Cottle· Host0:59
All right. This week, ahead of America's 250th birthday celebration, we are talking about the division that we're seeing in the country and the kind of leadership that might be able to get us out of it. But first, I wanna take a quick look at what's been going on in this very exciting news week, starting with one of my personal favorites, the glorious Reflecting Pool. All right. So as a veteran Washington resident, I myself cannot get enough of this story, Lincoln