Linda Chavez
Special guest
Linda Chavez is director of the Becoming American Initaitive. She is one the of chairmen for the Center for Equal Opportunity, a syndicated columnist, and has served on two Fortune 500 company boards. She authored Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation, discussing the timeline of Hispanic progress regarding bilingual education, voting rights, immigration, and affirmative action. Chavez served in the Reagan administration as the Director of the Office of Public Liaison, making her the highest-ranking woman in President Reagan’s White House. In 2000, the Library of Congress named Chavez a Living Legend.
Linda Chavez has been a guest on 105 episodes.
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Debating a Drunk Gorilla
October 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 23 mins
david french, debate, divided we fall, president trump, taxes, vice president biden
David French joins to discuss his book Divided We Fall as well as the debased debate, and the president’s taxes.
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Peaceful Transition?
September 25th, 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
2020 elections, durham report, obstruction, pardon power, power politics, rbg, scotus, supreme court
Lawfare’s Jack Goldsmith discusses his new book, After Trump. The group then tackles the Supreme Court and Trump’s threat to election integrity.
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If Trump Loses, Should We Lock Him Up?
September 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
crimes, criminal justice, donald trump, electoral college, middle east, suburbs
Politico’s Tim Alberta joins the BTD panel to talk about changing suburbs, the Middle East breakthrough, Electoral College woes, and perp walking ex-presidents.
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Lordy, There Are Tapes
September 11th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
2020, article 2, bill barr, bob woodward, law, lawsuits, military, morality, persuasion, saudi arabia, the atlantic, trump, yascha mounk
On this week's Bulwark Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Yascha Mounk joins the usual cast to discuss Trump and the military, the Woodward tapes, and Attorney General Barr setting a bad new precedent.
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Escape from Partisanship
September 4th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
covid-19, decency, donald trump, joe biden, kenosha, partisanship
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Charlie Sykes joins the usual cast to discuss Biden in Kenosha, Trump and decency, the politicization of COVID-19, and an escape from partisanship.
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No Platform. Trump All The Way Down
August 28th, 2020 | 1 hr 5 mins
conventions, dnc, ideas, kenosha, political platforms, politics, rnc
On this week's Bulwark Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, and Damon Linker discuss the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the RNC and DNC conventions, and what happens when parties abandon ideas.
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Democrats unite. Republicans? Well
August 21st, 2020 | 1 hr 7 mins
convention, dnc, gop, russia, senate intelligence
On this week's Bulwark Beg to Differ Podcast with Mona Charen, Peter Wehner of the NY Times joins the group to consider the DNC (pre-Biden speech), what the Senate Intel report reveals, and the state of the GOP.
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Qwazy for QAnon
August 14th, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
2020 elections, conspiracy theories, donald trump, joe biden, kamala harris, marjorie taylor greene, qanon, september 11th, voting by mail
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Kim Wehle and Jonathan Last join the usual crew to discuss QAnon and the GOP, the Biden/Harris ticket and voting by mail.
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Swan Song
August 7th, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
axios, beirut, dhs, donald trump, intelligence, jonathan swan, journalism, portland, protests
On this week’s Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes describes his disturbing experience with DHS. The group also discusses the Swan/Trump interview and the lessons of Beirut.
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Postpone the Election Edition
July 31st, 2020 | 1 hr 8 mins
2020, big tech, congress, covid-19, delaying the election, donald trump, herman cain, joe biden, louie gohmert, mail in voting, veepstakes
On this week's Beg to Differ, A.B. Stoddard joins the usual crew to discuss mail-in voting in the 2020 election, Trump floating delaying it, Louie Gohmert, Herman Cain, and COVID-19, and a discussion about the Veepstakes and Congress skewering Big Tech.
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Should Never-Trump Republicans Vote Straight Democrat in November?
July 24th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
2020, china, dhs, donald trump, policing, portland, riots
On this week's Beg to Differ with Mona Charen, Bret Stephens joins the usual crew to address the federal invasion of Portland and other cities, Trump's saber-rattling toward China, and how to punish the GOP for its descent into Trumpism.
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Who's Worse: The Left or the Right?
July 17th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
bari weiss, city journal, covid, journalism, manhattan institute, power
On this week's Bulwark podcast Beg to Differ, Sol Stern joins to discuss the strange transformation of City Journal. The group also tackles the Bari Weiss imbroglio and Joe Biden's policy announcements.