Ep 995: The Politics of Pronouns

Episode 995 of The Professional Left takes a deep dive into one of the most revealing tricks in modern political history — the quiet, deliberate shift from "we" to "they" that happens every time a prominent Republican needs to pretend they had nothing to do with the monster they spent decades building. Driftglass and Blue Gal trace this sleight of hand from the early days of Trump's rise all the way to a recent live Bulwark event, showing how the same lie gets polished and repackaged every few years by the same people who should know better — and who absolutely do. The episode also takes a hard look at the comfortable fiction that Trump "revamped" the Republican Party, making the case that he didn't change it at all — he just finally showed everyone what it had always been. And with episode 1000 just around the corner, this one serves as a timely reminder that the coming wave of strategic forgetfulness about the Trump era will look a lot like every wave that came before it — unless enough people refuse to let it happen.Stay in Touch! Email: [email protected] Website: proleftpod.com Support via Patreon: patreon.com/proleftpod or Donate in the Venmo App @proleftpodMail: The Professional Left, PO Box 9133, Springfield, Illinois, 62791Support the show