2020年7月22日 星期三

Congress Can’t Contain Its Crazy

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On the Gist, Life of Kanye.

In the interview, frequent visitor, and Princeton History and Public Affairs Professor Julian Zelizer, joins Mike to discuss his latest on former speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich. With the help of Gingrich’s own congressional documents, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party explains the ways in which Newt seized an opportunity to use C-Span cameras and modern technology to his advantage, how he gave rise to partisanship, and his plans to conquer Congress through his appetite for disruption.

In the spiel, republicans embarrassing themselves.

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