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David French: Kansas Hopium
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Is it possible Adam Hamilton could be the first Democratic senator elected from Kansas in 94 years? A major new poll is raising hopes there—and in other key Senate races as well. At the same time, the Peltola campaign's unnecessary Sullivan plot is a gift to election deniers. Plus: Performative cruelty is the MAGA initiation rite, Christian Texans who like Talarico are attracted to his decency, Trump gutted the pro-life movement, and Tim makes an impassioned case to Michigan to not vote for religious bigot Mike Rogers. David French joins Tim Miller. show notes: ...
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Norwegian On the other hand, I'm not sure how to say it, but I'm sure that the Hey everybody, it's Tim Miller from the Bull Work here. Before we get to David French, I decided to get something off my chest following an endorsement announcement last night.
Haley Stevens fiance, Jason Turkish, a democratic mega donor has endorsed Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race saying that he was putting country before party. And I have to tell you, this is enraging. There's some people, maybe even some listeners who have said to me, and I had some tweets about this who said, Tim, shouldn't and never Trump are like you
respect somebody that's putting country over party, somebody who's willing to, you know, go against the partisan winds to speak to some higher moral and principle. And I got to tell you, I would be the type of person that would be in favor of that. But that's not what is happening in the Michigan Senate race.
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