2 chapters across the catalog
Sarah Palin is identified as the "pre-Trump" figure who first tapped into a simmering grievance against the Washington elite. The hosts revisit her 2008 vice-presidential run, her interview with Katie Couric, and the subsequent media backlash. They trace the lineage of the current "Orange Party" back to the original Ron Paul Tea Party movement before it was allegedly hijacked by the Republican establishment.
The 2008 and 2016 elections highlighted the complicated racial record of the Clintons, including Bill Clinton's past comments about Barack Obama. The concept of the "negative vote" explains how a lack of tangible policy offerings can lead voters to stay home rather than support the Democratic nominee. This voter apathy in 2016 contributed to the rise of the reparations movement as a tool for political leverage.
