Amanda Carpenter: The Worst President Ever

About this episode

Amanda Carpenter joins Tim Miller to discuss the failures of Trump's presidency and the implications for the upcoming midterm elections.

From Trump's sacrilegious use of Jesus, to his massively corrupt pardon scheme, and his desire to plaster his name on every federal building and institution, this country has never had such a bad president. The Dems need to plan now how they will do oversight and also keep his loyalists from helping him cheat in the midterms. Plus, Hegseth really doesn't know his Scripture, Trump is turning America's 250th birthday into a party for himself, and RFK has really got a thing about dead animals. Amanda Carpenter joins Tim Miller. show notes Protect Democracy's website ProPublica's reporting on Trump's effort to "take over" the midterms JVL on driving the stake through the heart of Trumpism Get $35 off your first box of wild-caught, sustainable seafood—delivered right to your door. Go to: https://www.wildalaskan.com/BULWARK

People in this episode

Host: Tim Miller

Guest: Amanda Carpenter

Topics covered

• Trump presidency
• political oversight
• midterm elections
• corruption
• religion in politics
• political commentary

Keywords

• Trump
• midterms
• corruption
• politics
• oversight
• Amanda Carpenter
• Tim Miller
• RFK
• Protect Democracy
• ProPublica

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Protect Democracy, ProPublica

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