Stuart Stevens: We've Got Death Squads on Our Streets
7/10/20261 hr
The Trump administration desperately wants the public to just tune out the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE agents in Houston. But this roaming army of masked, armed men chasing people down and killing them is tied directly into the administration's criminality across the board. Trump may pardon Stephen Miller, but he should be on trial in state court in 2029. Meanwhile, McConnell's choice to not convict on impeachment means Donald Trump is his legacy. Plus: Republicans showed with the housing bill that they could find a backbone, Platner is not who he said he was, Dems should talk about race more, some way too early Magnolia Bowl talk, Vance/Trump 2028, and which potential candidates would Stuart work for in a heartbeat two summers from now?
Stuart Stevens joins Tim Miller.
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First 90 secondsTim Miller· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to The Bulwark Podcast. I'm your host, Tim Miller. Glad you could welcome back to the show a former Republican media consultant. It's been a minute though. He worked on five presidential campaigns, including as chief strategist for Mitt Romney. He's a senior advisor to the Lincoln Project. His books include The Conspiracy to End America and It Was All a Lie. It's my buddy Stuart Stevens. What is up?
Stuart Stevens· Guest0:31
Hey, Tim. Great to see you, man.
Tim Miller· Host0:32
Good to see you, too. I was ki- in my head, like, over the last month or two, I was like, "I'm gonna wait until fall to have Stuart back on." [chuckles] I was thinking maybe, I don't know, I might have him on, like, September 18th. I don't know if you have any plans on September 19th, but- Um, you know, the 20th, uh, would be better because then I have to gloat.
Stuart Stevens· Guest0:52
[laughs] Uh, but, uh, that's, that's okay, you know?
Tim Miller· Host0:55
It'll be... We'll get to it then. That will be the payback game of Lane Kiffin, uh, LSU going to Ole Miss. We'll, we'll discuss that at the end, but I, I just, I couldn't wait till the fall. So we can, we'll d- we'll, we'll meet again in September. I want to start with you with this ICE killing in Houston because I think that this is getting a little less attention than the Preddie and Good killings for a couple reasons. Number one, like, we kind of don't treat illegal immigrants as humans, even subconsciously. People are like, it's not as big of a outrage or whatever than killing a white American citizen. I think that's part of it. And also just we've had less