Bill Kristol: Throw the Bums Out

Like all good demagogues, Trump's appeal works when he's got someone to blame. But it's on his watch that we've got a war-related global food crisis brewing and mass layoffs in Ohio—where Trump just happened to hold a rally over the weekend. So, POTUS is focused on getting his family more money through a new bribery scheme while Republicans struggle to demonize Dems and throw away resources on Paxton. Plus: Bill and Tim share their new long shot picks (in South Carolina, Florida, and Kentucky), Thom Tillis is a coward and a weakling, online trolls claiming The Bulwark is trying to get Dems more hawkish on the war really ought to catch one of our podcasts, and Russia's got a worrisome plague outbreak.
Bill Kristol joins Tim Miller.
show notes:

• Andrew in “Morning Shots” on the Pierre Damas Bel funeral vs. Trump’s rally (thebulwark.com/p/a-death-a-funeral-and-the-tru…)

• Andrew joins Bill for “Bulwark on Sunday” (thebulwark.com/p/a-trump-rally-a-funeral-and-a…)

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• Washington Sun on Trump meme coin/bribery scheme (washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/trump-meme-coin-d…)

• The WSJ on the brewing global food crisis (wsj.com/world/middle-east/hormuz-gridlock-risk…)

• Tim’s new candidate list (thebulwark.com/p/more-democrats-who-can-win-re…)

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