About this episode

Ty Pinkins discusses the political landscape in Mississippi and the challenges faced by the two-party system.

Mississippi is showing the outage growing across America. It’s supposed to be a lock for Republicans. Fifteen straight Senate losses for Democrats. Five straight gubernatorial losses. A state both parties have written off as settled. Ty Pinkins is inspiring as hell — Army veteran, three combat tours in Iraq, son of cotton-field workers — isn't buying it. On an inspiring Episode 514, he talks with Paul Rieckhoff to lay out why the rigged two-party system is finally cracking, why $89 to fill a tank is doing more political damage than any TV ad, and why a 27-year-old white Republican mechanic just told him he's voting independent for the first time in his life. The people of Mississippi have had enough of all of it.

People in this episode

Host: Paul Rieckhoff

Guest: Ty Pinkins

Topics covered

• politics
• independent candidates
• veterans
• gas prices
• two-party system
• Mississippi

Keywords

• Mississippi
• Ty Pinkins
• independent
• gas prices
• politics
• veteran
• two-party system
• Republicans
• Democrats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Republicans, Democrats

Places: Mississippi, Iraq

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