GOP's Desperate and Dangerous Midterm Closing Message + MAGA Wants A Dictator in Brazil
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Summary
MAGA influencers are calling for a coup in Brazil after Lula's win. Brad Onishi and Matthew D. Taylor explain why that matters for the U.S. midterms, and for the weeks between Nov. 3 and Jan. 3.
With the midterms days away, we connect Brazil's election to the rhetoric about "illegitimate" Americans, and to what a contested result could look like here.
⏱ CHAPTERS
0:00 Midterms, Brazil, and why they're connected
1:35 Brazil's runoff and the MAGA meltdown
6:23 Why Brazil and U.S. politics are intertwined
9:53 Bolsonaro in prison and the rule of law
12:01 From "rigged" to "Maduro treatment": the escalation ladder
16:28 What Brazil's accountability shows, and what it doesn't
24:35 Hungary, Serbia, Israel: are far-right wins slipping?
31:28 Trump on a "rigged" Brazil, and Minnesota
35:56 Vance, El-Sayed, and "remigration" rhetoric
43:16 Greg Abbott and the "Sharia law" attack
47:18 Three ways to delegitimize election winners: communist, false religion, foreign
51:41 Clip of the week: Trump, Christianity, and "saving God"
58:35 Matt's book tour and upcoming events
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Books mentioned:
📕 American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy by Brad Onishi — out September 15: https://static.macmillan.com/static/essentials/american-caesar-9781250427922/
📗 Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists by Matthew D. Taylor — out October 6: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798341900370/Defying-Tyrants
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