All posts tagged "The Bulwark"

Vice President JD Vance's interview with Joe Rogan revealed several insights, including the notion that he could be longing for the cool factor — and jealous that his own party might not have it, two political insiders explained on Friday.

The Bulwark's publisher Sarah Longwell and managing editor Sam Stein discussed in a Substack video how Vance could have alluded to this feeling when he sat down with Rogan earlier this week — and what motivated the sit-down.

"He thinks this is how this kind of Joe Rogan type audience and his ability to hang is the key to his electoral future," Longwell said. "But there were some notable things that came out of it. One of them was Vance saying that Republicans are still kind of embarrassing, like they're not cool."...

An ex-Republican strategist is certain that JD Vance will run for president in 2028 with a "Trump on the ticket."

During an episode of The Bulwark Podcast, former top GOP strategist Stuart Stevens made it clear that he expects "JD Vance is going to be the nominee" on the Republican side for president in the 2028 race. However, he added one more prediction.

"Mark my words," Stevens said. "He's going to pick a Trump on the ticket, a Trump family member. Either Ivanka or, you know, depending on who's in and out of rehab, one of the sons."...

An ex-GOP operative flagged how Trump is killing what he once touted as his "best" deal at the expense of his supporters.

During an episode of The Bulwark Podcast, Tim Miller described Trump's plans concerning the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which Trump negotiated and boasted about during his first term.

"The Trump administration decided not to renew the USMCA," Miller noted. "Which is pretty interesting because Donald Trump said that was the best agreement we've ever made, the best trade deal of all time."...

Tucker Carlson's putdown of a political analyst has been mocked by The Bulwark, with Catherine Rampell noting the ex-Fox News anchor got the facts wrong.

Rampell, appearing in conversation with Tim Miller in a recent post from The Bulwark, responded to a clip of Carlson talking about a decade-old encounter between the pair. Carlson claimed Rampell's father sued a country club because they would not let him into the building.

Carlson said of Rampell, "There was a girl called Catherine Rampell, I think she worked for the Washington Post, but she was a Fox contributor. Not impressive. At all. I was sitting on the set with her during a commercial break once. She was a sort of liberal neocon type person, but not smart....

Right-wing podcaster Candace Owens may have bitten off more than she can chew in the legal fight with the first lady of France, according to a report in The Bulwark.

Since leaving Ben Shapiro's "The Daily Wire," Owens has pushed the outrageous theory that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman who has committed a litany of crimes and has links to a centuries-old cult that's working to undermine Western civilization.

Owens "went so far as to beg the Macrons to sue her" if her claims weren't true, even "offering to pay their legal bills to do it," wrote senior reporter Will Sommer....

The Bulwark's Bill Kristol wrote Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans were complicit in an "Orwellian" cover-up to protect powerful people involved in the Epstein scandal.

Kristol quoted Johnson telling CNN's Jake Tapper, "I want everything to come out about the Epstein evils. . . . I’m pushing aggressively for the full release of everything that is possible, and, by the way, so is the president. We’re using every mechanism within our power to do that, and to do it as quickly as possible."

And yet, Kristol wrote, Johnson "panicked" and "recessed the House in order to avoid a floor vote on a resolution calling for the release of the files."...