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How MAGA Took Over Congress with NYT’s Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater

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 (Photos courtesy of Luke Broadwater & Annie Karni's team)

How did MAGA come to control Congress? It’s the story New York Times reporters Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater chart in a new book exposing what they call the unparalleled dysfunction of the 118th congress, where Republicans ground federal legislation to a standstill and pushed moderates out, to the point that “the moments Congress worked felt like brief interruptions of a long fall down a rabbit hole.” We talk to Karni and Broadwater about how MAGA extremism became mainstream in Congress, along with the latest political news. Their book is “Mad House: How Donald Trump, MAGA Mean Girls, a Former Used Car Salesman, a Florida Nepo Baby, and a Man with Rats in His Walls Broke Congress.”

Guests:

Annie Karni, congressional correspondent, New York Times; co-author, "Mad House"

Luke Broadwater, White House reporter, New York Times; previous congressional correspondent, The Times; co author,"Mad House"

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