"Politically, Herschel Walker should be lying by the side of the road and other zombie candidates....at least 299 of them.

That Trippi Show

Published:October 7, 2022

We're up to 299 MAGA cult election deniers running for office. How many of them can we beat? Joe and Alex discuss the races that may decide the balance of power in the House. And as Mitch McConnell said... there's plenty of other "candidate quality" problems to get into with Herschel Walker's latest scandals. And don't ask Dr. Oz to dog-sit. And what does this mean for 2024 and beyond? Show Notes: Where Republican Election Deniers Are On The Ballot Near You Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Joe Trippi
Resolute Square Partner and The Lincoln Project stalwart described as the man who “reinvented campaigning”

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The Ultra MAGA Movement

President Biden coined the term “Ultra-MAGA” to describe the current extremist contingent within the Republican Party that has become the driving force for the GOP’s increasingly radical agenda. Of course, they embraced the description.

Mitch McConnell

The once and never again Senate Majority Leader and current Minority Leader. He is also chief elected lackey in service of the Federalist Society. McConnell will be best remembered for his blantant hipocrisy in denying Merrick Garland a SCOTUS confirmation hearing, then ramming through three extreme ideologues as SCOTUS justices, destroying the credibility of the Court.

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