Has politics changed forever as left-wing violence becomes “normalized”?

About this episode

Hugh discusses the normalization of left-wing violence and its implications for politics with various guests.

Hugh discusses the WHCA Dinner shooting, the embrace of radical and conspiratorial rhetoric on the left, and talks with Matthew Continetti, Eli Lake, Aaron MacLean, Michael Duncan, David Drucker, James Lileks, Byron York, Bethan Mandel, and Mike Rogers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Hugh Hewitt

Guests: Matthew Continetti, Eli Lake, Aaron MacLean, Michael Duncan, David Drucker, James Lileks, Byron York, Bethan Mandel, Mike Rogers

Topics covered

• left-wing violence
• political rhetoric
• WHCA Dinner shooting
• radical politics
• conspiracy theories

Keywords

• politics
• violence
• left-wing
• rhetoric
• WHCA Dinner
• conspiracy
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WHCA

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