Bizarre Primaries And Champagne Socialists

About this episode

Dana and Matt discuss the challenges facing Democrats and Republicans in the upcoming Midterm elections, including candidate quality and welfare fraud.

As the Midterm map begins to take shape, both Democrats and Republicans are strategizing how they can win over Americans in this election. Senior Vice President of CRC Advisors and Host of the 10-Minute Drill podcast Matt Whitlock describes the Democrats' current candidate-quality problem and whether progressives can survive the campaign trail. Matt also highlights California's notoriously slow ballot counting and its structural flaws. Uphill Battle: Dana and Matt discuss widespread welfare and government fraud, highlighting the recent exposure of massive schemes that waste taxpayer money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dana Perino

Guest: Matt Whitlock

Topics covered

• Midterm elections
• Democratic strategy
• Republican strategy
• welfare fraud
• ballot counting
• government fraud

Keywords

• Midterm elections
• Democrats
• Republicans
• welfare fraud
• California ballot counting
• government fraud

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CRC Advisors, FOX News Podcasts

Places: California

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