Full Show 8/19/2026: On this episode of "Republicans and The City"...

On today's show, Ian Hoch dissects why Republicans have given up on trying to earn the votes of city constituents in favor of focusing on rural voters. Also, Ian drops the 2 O'clock News Bomb and mentions the results of Florida's election, the halting of Trump's tariffs on Canada, and the New World Screwworm stopping Texas pets from getting adopted. Then, Ian Hoch has on Bob Murrell, a leader in the New Orleans chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America and former candidate for City Council District A, to explain what critics of democratic socialism are missing, Steven Procopio, President of the Public Affairs Research Council (PAR), to explain why elected officials are signing non-disclosure agreements that prevent them from being open about what’s being negotiated.