Aug 20, 2026 · 39 min · 12 segments
Why do Trump-backed primary candidates keep losing? Can Darline Graham keep her late brother’s Senate seat in South Carolina? And, is Pete Hegseth’s wife really in charge of the Department of War?…
Ben MeiselasGuest
Anthony ScaramucciHost
Katty KayHost
But to our UK audience, to our international audience, they'll still say, "But how the hell is 33% still support?"
I think Trump's support comes from, "You elites didn't care about me, and now I've got this angry man acting as my avatar.
He's the avatar of my anger, and so even though he's a flawed guy, I'm gonna stay with him." And by the way, I probably shouldn't even be admitting this on, on our podcast, but I have family members living out in blue collar Long Island.
You know, I've got some of my cousins are clamming, some of them are cutting deli meat, making pizzas.
You know, you, you saw the Bruce Blakeman rally on Long Island at the police academy.
I was revolted by it, but, you know, that's the group of people that are still with him.
I wanna, I wanna switch gears to Alex Vindman for a second because Alex Vindman ran, and he lost by 12.
And of course, just to remind everybody who was Alex Vindman, he was a whistleblower, and Trump won.
He was on the call, and he heard Trump saying to President Zelensky from Ukraine, uh, "Hey, what do you got corruption r- wise on Joe Biden?" Uh, which was interesting and good political instincts by Trump because he knew Biden was gonna be the one that was gonna knock him off, and that's why he hates Biden so much.
Uh, the anti-Trump identity in that district, however, had no purchasing power, Ben.
But to our UK audience, to our international audience, they'll still say, "But how the hell is 33% still support?"
I think Trump's support comes from, "You elites didn't care about me, and now I've got this angry man acting as my avatar.
He's the avatar of my anger, and so even though he's a flawed guy, I'm gonna stay with him." And by the way, I probably shouldn't even be admitting this on, on our podcast, but I have family members living out in blue collar Long Island.
You know, I've got some of my cousins are clamming, some of them are cutting deli meat, making pizzas.
You know, you, you saw the Bruce Blakeman rally on Long Island at the police academy.
I was revolted by it, but, you know, that's the group of people that are still with him.
I wanna, I wanna switch gears to Alex Vindman for a second because Alex Vindman ran, and he lost by 12.
And of course, just to remind everybody who was Alex Vindman, he was a whistleblower, and Trump won.
He was on the call, and he heard Trump saying to President Zelensky from Ukraine, uh, "Hey, what do you got corruption r- wise on Joe Biden?" Uh, which was interesting and good political instincts by Trump because he knew Biden was gonna be the one that was gonna knock him off, and that's why he hates Biden so much.
Uh, the anti-Trump identity in that district, however, had no purchasing power, Ben.
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