Trump Has Many More Voter Suppression Tools Than He Had For the Jan 6, 2021 Coup and He’ll Try Again But Fail If Voters Show Up
We begin with the many more tools Trump has at hand to rig the election and its results than he had when he conducted a coup against American democracy on January 6, 2021. He is already declaring fraud early, then after the election he could try to turn it into a national crisis by using the DOJ to fight certification and keep it alive in the courts. Then he could have Mikey Johnson refuse to seat the winners and continue into next year keeping the lies alive via Fox and the MAGA propaganda mill. Joining us to explain why Trump will try but fail isDavid Daley, the author ofAntidemocratic: Inside the right’s 50-year plot to control American elections, as well as the national best-seller Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count, which has been credited for kickstarting the national movement to reform redistricting. The former Editor-in-Chief of Salon, his journalism has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, The New Republic and the Atlantic, among other publications.
The Ties Between Election Deniers, MAGA Media and Key Figures in the Right Wing Media Manosphere
Then we examine the ties between the election denial movement and MAGA media, as well as its evolution since 2020, and the key figures in the right-wing media ecosystem steering the movement to subvert the midterms. Joining us is Kayla Gogarty, research director at Media Matters where she has a new report, “Which right-leaning shows are on the rise on YouTube?”
Why Far-Right White Christian Women Like Erika Kirk, Paula White, Karoline Leavitt and Natalie Harp Worship a Corrupt Degenerate
Then finally we investigate why white Christian women like Erika Kirk, Paula White, Karoline Leavitt and Natalie Harp have aligned themselves with and even worship a corrupt degenerate in the presidency. Joining us isKristin Kobes Du Mez, a professor of history at Calvin University and a senior democracy fellow with the Public Religion Research Institute. She is the author of A New Gospel for Women and Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. We will discuss her latest book, just out, Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made.
