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Kristin Lyerly: “Is encouraged from the very top of mega world.”

Featuring: Kristin Lyerly, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

What About Your Friends? (Hour 2)

Published November 17, 2025 | Video Starts at 33:33

85575 Civic if you want to chime in. 855-752-4842 that kind of rhetoric though is. Is encouraged from the very top of mega world. It didn't used to be that you would never hear Ronald Reagan or George H.W. bush or George Bush talking like this. Even Dick Cheney, who was such a villain during the George Bush presidency. (33:33–33:38)

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Asserts that divisive rhetoric is encouraged by leaders within the MAGA movement.

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