This is Why Democrats are Stuck with Platner + Buck Sexton Joins the Progrum
6/11/20261 hr 32 min
The Platner saga gets even stranger as Democrats struggle to defend the indefensible despite his primary win in Maine. Plus, King of the Hill, an alligator earns a sheriff's award, and Buck Sexton joins the fellas to discuss propaganda, cults, and his new book Manufacturing Delusion. #RuthlessPodcast #Politics #BuckSexton #CurrentEvents #News 00:02:14 Democrats Rally Behind Graham Platner Despite New Controversies 00:05:31 The Truth Behind Platner’s Working-Class Image 00:11:57 Democrats Struggle to Defend Platner’s Scandals 00:18:34 Chris Coons and the Democratic Party’s Platner Problem 00:22:50 How Democrats Created the Bernie Bro Revolt 00:24:40 Trump Unloads on Graham Platner 00:28:59 Ranking the Worst Senate Candidates Ever 00:34:14 What Would Get a Democrat Candidate Dropped Today? 00:36:59 King of the Hill: Bill Kristol vs. Sherry Jacobus 00:49:54 Sheriff Honors Alligator for Helping Catch DWI Suspect 00:56:42 Buck Sexton on Propaganda, Brainwashing, and Manufacturing Delusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJohn Ashbrook· Host0:00
What's the kind of person who sticks with Graham Plattner through thick and thin?
Josh Holmes· Host0:03
There you go.
Comfortably Smug· Host0:03
Democrats are willing to light everything they've ever believed in on fire for this guy.
Josh Holmes· Host0:09
[laughs] We haven't gone a calendar day for, like, five months without something horrific coming out- Mm-hmm ... about this cat.
John Ashbrook· Host0:17
Mm-hmm. I didn't really expect that at any point in American history that somebody would just have a Nazi tattoo- [laughs] ... and then be a candidate for office- Yes ... as a Democrat, m- u- the United States Senate.
Josh Holmes· Host0:29
The pent-up aggression within the Democratic base is such that they have created this on their own.
John Ashbrook· Host0:37
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