EPISODE · Dec 2, 2019 · 11 MIN
The GOP Is Mired in Conspiracies—and It's About to Get Worse
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said Thursday that the impeachment inquiry had “poisoned the minds of fanatics,” and he was absolutely right—but not quite in the way that he meant. His comments, aimed at Democrats, instead came across in the hearing as projection, a sad summation of the intellectual rot that has spread through his own party during the Trump age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said Thursday that the impeachment inquiry had “poisoned the minds of fanatics,” and he was absolutely right—but not quite in the way that he meant. His comments, aimed at Democrats, instead came across in the hearing as projection, a sad summation of the intellectual rot that has spread through his own party during the Trump age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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