MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday spent a significant portion of her eponymous show detailing the dangers posed by the agenda crafted by Donald Trump's running mate in the 2024 presidential election, Republican Sen. JD Vance, Ohio.
Maddow kicked off the segment by noting Vance's observation that the majority of American life and culture needs to be "ripped out like a tumor." The host then aired a clip of Vance's recent guest appearance on the "Jack Murphy Live" podcast, hosted by the alt-right blogger and internet personality of the same name.
"Our leader right now is so corrupt and so vile, that if you assimilate into their culture, you're assimilating into like, garbage liberal elite culture. You're not assimilating into traditional American culture," the congressman says. "So this is a tough, tough pickle for me. I don't even know what the right answer is here because you can't just teach these things. You can't teach that we live in a great country if the leaders are actively aligned against it. So step one in the process is to totally replace — like rip out like a tumor — the current American leadership class, and then reinstall some sense of American political........