Republicans are about to win a victory decades in the making, with a Supreme Court draft opinion leaked to Politico showing a majority of justices overturning Roe v. Wade. But on the verge of achieving their movementâs 50-year goal, Republican pundits have deflected attention from the upcoming state abortion bans by calling for a probe into the opinion-leaker.
On this weekâs episode of The Daily Beastâs Fever Dreams podcast, hosts Kelly Weill and Will Sommer talked about the rightâs reaction to the leaked Supreme Court opinion. Its pundits have downplayed their impending abortion win, instead casting themselves as victims because the opinion leaked. Ben Shapiro, for example, claimed that the leak was meant to incite violence against the justices who are poised to overturn Roe.
âTheyâre calling this terrorism,â Weill said. âTheyâre calling this an insurrection.â
Elsewhere on the episode, the hosts discuss J.R. Majewski, an Ohio congressional candidate now on track to become the third QAnon conspiracy theorist in Congress. Majewski rose to some fame on the right after painting a Trump campaign sign on his lawn. He was an outspoken supporter of the conspiracy theory until recently, when he insisted he didnât back Q. But pictures, including one of Majewski wearing a âQâ shirt, suggest otherwise. Weill and Sommer break down Majewskiâs background, as well as a rap song he recorded about the rightâs âLetâs Go Brandonâ meme.
In this weekâs âFresh Hellâ segment, the hosts break down 2000 Mules, the latest pseudo-documentary from pundit Dinesh DâSouza that supposedly used GPS data to âproveâ the election was stolen. Spoiler alert: There are plenty of holes in his theory.
And in this weekâs interview, Raw Story reporter Jordan Green looks back on his reporting on the lead-up to the Jan. 6 riot.
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