Former GOP Congressman EXPOSES His OWN Party
<p>Former GOP Congressman Denver Riggleman joins the Really Political Podcast crew to DEMOLISH his own party and shares his experience with the far-right fringes of the MAGA cult. </p> <p>Tom and the team give props to college women’s basketball, the Iowa women’s basketball team, and the amazing performance all season long by Caitlin Clark. Before the championship game, Tom told Caitlin, a fellow Hawkeye, “It’s been awesome watching you guys and supporting you guys because you're tough, you don't give up, you just keep in there. It makes me proud to be a Hawkeye.”</p> <p>The team also has a good laugh talking about Roseanne’s most recent unhinged comments at Mar-A-Lago, where she said, “you gotta get out of college because it isn't nothing but devil worshiping, baby blood drinking, democrat donors.” This led into a much more somber discussion about mental illness in America and how Trump’s madness has pumped nothing but fear, anxiety, and paranoia into our society.</p> <p>Tom lays down the truth about and predicts the collapse of prevailing Christian nationalism in the Republican Party. Even wannabe mob boss Rudy Giuliani has fallen into the trap, who recently said only “communist states” are experiencing earthquakes in America and suggested that was some form of divine punishment. </p> <p>Former Congressman Riggleman was attacked by the MAGA cult, who spread terrible rumors about his family after he officiated a gay wedding in 2019. Riggleman is a common sense Republican, who doesn’t vote in line with MAGA. So not only was he a pariah within the party, he started receiving death threats and became the center of fresh new QAnon conspiracies. Because he refused to walk in line with the MAGA hate and disinformation, he was primaried out of Congress in 2020.</p> <p>Denver shares a shocking breakdown of the extent of which the MAGA conspiracies have permeated every level of the GOP. He also tells us he thinks the Republicans knew their star witness in the sham impeachment hearings was spreading Russian misinformation, but they continued touting him as credible anyway. “They should have known,” Riggleman said. “But again, Comer and Jordan aren't exactly the brightest bulbs at the Home Depot.”</p> <p>Riggleman also talks us through what’s happening today in Virginia politics and what we can expect in the upcoming elections, and gives us his take on how RFK Jr.’s campaign will impact the Presidential contest.</p> <p>We also talked about Trump’s ongoing trial in Manhattan and Denver told us why he thinks a criminal conviction could be a boon to Trump’s campaign. But regardless of that, he predicts that women and swing voters will win the election for Joe Biden. But it’s not going to be easy.</p> <p>You won’t want to miss this excellent interview. We also discuss Trump’s war on abortion, what another Trump Presidency would mean for America, how far down the MAGA conspiracy rabbit hole that might take us, and so much more.</p>
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Former GOP Congressman Denver Riggleman joins the Really Political Podcast crew to DEMOLISH his own party and shares his experience with the far-right fringes of the MAGA cult.
Tom and the team give props to college women’s basketball, the Iowa women’s basketball team, and the amazing performance all season long by Caitlin Clark. Before the championship game, Tom told Caitlin, a fellow Hawkeye, “It’s been awesome watching you guys and supporting you guys because you're tough, you don't give up, you just keep in there. It makes me proud to be a Hawkeye.”
The team also has a good laugh talking about Roseanne’s most recent unhinged comments at Mar-A-Lago, where she said, “you gotta get out of college because it isn't nothing but devil worshiping, baby blood drinking, democrat donors.” This led into a much more somber discussion about mental illness in America and how Trump’s madness has pumped nothing but fear, anxiety, and paranoia into our society.
Tom lays down the truth about and predicts the collapse of prevailing Christian nationalism in the Republican Party. Even wannabe mob boss Rudy Giuliani has fallen into the trap, who recently said only “communist states” are experiencing earthquakes in America and suggested that was some form of divine punishment.
Former Congressman Riggleman was attacked by the MAGA cult, who spread terrible rumors about his family after he officiated a gay wedding in 2019. Riggleman is a common sense Republican, who doesn’t vote in line with MAGA. So not only was he a pariah within the party, he started receiving death threats and became the center of fresh new QAnon conspiracies. Because he refused to walk in line with the MAGA hate and disinformation, he was primaried out of Congress in 2020.
Denver shares a shocking breakdown of the extent of which the MAGA conspiracies have permeated every level of the GOP. He also tells us he thinks the Republicans knew their star witness in the sham impeachment hearings was spreading Russian misinformation, but they continued touting him as credible anyway. “They should have known,” Riggleman said. “But again, Comer and Jordan aren't exactly the brightest bulbs at the Home Depot.”
Riggleman also talks us through what’s happening today in Virginia politics and what we can expect in the upcoming elections, and gives us his take on how RFK Jr.’s campaign will impact the Presidential contest.
We also talked about Trump’s ongoing trial in Manhattan and Denver told us why he thinks a criminal conviction could be a boon to Trump’s campaign. But regardless of that, he predicts that women and swing voters will win the election for Joe Biden. But it’s not going to be easy.
You won’t want to miss this excellent interview. We also discuss Trump’s war on abortion, what another Trump Presidency would mean for America, how far down the MAGA conspiracy rabbit hole that might take us, and so much more.