Left, Right & Center
The Squad fight back
President Trump infuriated a fractured Democratic party this week by telling four of its newest members to go back to where they came from, but did his statement galvanize his base or his opponents’?
By Josh Barro • • 57m ListenA squabble among Democratic presidential candidates about the best path for healthcare continued this week with sniping by Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders about whether medicare for all or something closer to Obamacare is going to win over voters. We talk about the rare bipartisan agreement over the repeal of the so-called cadillac tax, which imposes a tax on high-cost gold standard health plans.
Tim Alberta, who wrote American Carnage: On The Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump, says while Trump’s incendiary language may mobilize members of his base, it also may end up alienating more moderate voters whom he needs for re-election in 2020. And we talk about how the compassionate conservatism of George W. Bush may have backfired on the party and helped bring Trump to power.
