Trump's Revenge Tour Could Backfire
5/21/202621 min
A swath of President Donald Trump’s handpicked candidates won their primary elections Tuesday night – and one of Trump's biggest opponents in Congress, Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie, lost. It was the continuation of Trump’s weeks-long revenge tour against Republicans he views as disloyal. So, for more about what we learned from Tuesday’s primaries, we spoke with Alex Wagner. She’s the host of Crooked Media’s Runaway Country.
And in headlines, President Donald Trump gives a commencement speech to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s graduates, the so-called Board of Peace needs money, and the Department of Justice announces charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro as the Trump administration escalates pressure on the island.
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First 90 secondsJane Coaston· Host0:00
[upbeat music] It's Thursday, May 21st. I'm Jane Coaston, and this is What a Day, the show that thanks Utah Republican Representative Blake Moore for just saying it out loud on Wednesday.
Speaker 1· Soundbite0:13
Our Republican priority will always be to be putting government ahead of Americans.
Jane Coaston· Host0:17
Was this what he meant? Probably not. Is this true? Also yes. [upbeat music] On today's show, the Department of Justice announces charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, and President Donald Trump's so-called board of peace is apparently having a hard time with funding. I wonder why. But let's start with Tuesday's very MAGA primaries. It was a good evening to be Trump, as a swath of his handpicked candidates won their primary elections, and one of his biggest opponents in Congress, Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie, lost. Tuesday night was the culmination of Trump's revenge tour against Republicans he viewed as disloyal, like the Indiana Republicans who opposed his demands to redraw congressional maps, or Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict him for inciting the January 6th insurrection, and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who resisted Trump's request to, quote, "find votes" to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 victory. Almost all of these politicians lost to Trump-endorsed candidates. So yes, this is indeed Trump's Republican Party.