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Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle, and Kevin Williamson to discuss the results of this month’s Democratic primaries in Wisconsin and Michigan and the left’s shift away from the radical social justice positions of 2020.
The Agenda:
—Francesca Hong’s loss
—Abdul El-Sayed’s slim victory
—The limits of the far left
—The woke reckoning
—AOC: “Woke 1 was crazy”
—NWYT: A People magazine “exclusive”
Show notes:
thedispatch.com/podcast/dispatch-podcast/are-democratic-socialists-reaching-their-limits
Steve Hayes is joined by Jonah Goldberg, Megan McArdle, and Kevin Williamson to discuss the results of this month’s Democratic primaries in Wisconsin and Michigan and the left’s shift away from the radical social justice positions of 2020.
The Agenda:
—Francesca Hong’s loss
—Abdul El-Sayed’s slim victory
—The limits of the far left
—The woke reckoning
—AOC: “Woke 1 was crazy”
—NWYT: A People magazine “exclusive”
Show notes:
thedispatch.com/podcast/dispatch-podcast/are-democratic-socialists-reaching-their-limits










