Checks and Balance: Right mind - a podcast by The Economist

Normally a political party goes through a reckoning after a defeat. But, a year later, there’s been no post-mortem of the 2020 election for Republicans. Instead the GOP remains loyal to the man who manyrefuse to accept lost the presidency. What does the Republican party stand for beyond Trumpism?

Jon Fasman reports from a gathering of social conservatives. We find out how a radical anti-capitalist philosopher is inspiring the modern GOP. And pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson explains what drives rank and fileRepublicans to the polls.  

John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard.

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