“Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind” | Amanpour and Company 

Get rid of 3 things, and this all goes away... Gerrymandering Citizens United Electoral College

He invited He incited They rioted Then he denied it Even though he'd implied it Now he must be indicted.

We are in such deep "kaka" in this country when the Republican Party has turned toward authoritarianism and anti-democratic positions. I truly fear for this democracy.

This is not the country I served in uniform. It's not even the country my son served in uniform. And I'm afraid my grandsons will never know the country I served in uniform. 😢

I’m very frightened for the citizens of the U.S.

I don't understand why so many seemingly well informed analysts, strategists and journalists were caught completely off guard by the consequences of a trump presidency.

It takes a lot of work to deprogram cultists, we are going to live with many of these problems for a very long time.

Hello, Marjorie Taylor Green harassed her opponent so much and even threatened his family so much he had to drop out, then Green ran unopposed. Come on, guys. Do better.

"Hecklers with a paycheck" lol brilliant way to put it

We need some justice, and that means prosecution

Money talks..too loud in our system

I have thought it was interesting that former President Obama followed the mess left by GW Bush, the economy tanking and the mess of a war in the the middle east. Now President Biden has had to follow the horror of the former president Trump, who was way too slow and too dismissive about a pandemic, increased the debt with huge tax cuts for the most wealthy and big corporations, and did his best to destroy the dignity and honor of America. For the sake of democracy we need to vote blue in the upcoming mid term election.

It's a case of, "I'm ignorant, selfish and vulgar, so I like politicians who seem to be ignorant, selfish and vulgar, just like me".

Christian conservatism in its core belief the criminal clown is a messiah, what type of human beings could possibly believe that?

When I think of leadership in a great nation such as the United States of America, I do not see how the characters of Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Ted Cruz, Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump, demonstrate the dignity and communication demeanor required to serve. Propagandists and receptors should not be qualified for consideration, There should be a bar of standard and qualifications for the position that demonstrate loyalty to their country. Clearly this has fallen away and diminished the United States as a whole on the world stage. They do not demonstrate “for the people” servitude our country’s founder’s prescribed.

Simply refer them to as "The Orcs of Mordor" seemingly ugly/scary while stealthily beating them back to the darkness of which they came from .

Oh Boy.... If I was Canada and Mexico I'd be building my own walls.

Are you kidding me, get stuff done? They'll just wait for orders from Cheeto man and fight to see who could lick his boots the most.

Someone explain to me how half the country has gone insane.

'Political performance artist' This guys brilliant I shall be reading that book

Ms Amanpour understated what we got goin on here in the states, its like the jerry springer show right now..

I think we tend to ignore or try not to call out religion and White Christian Nationalism that has been preached and conditioned to for decades. I was a leader in Evangelical Christian churches for 25 years and know what they say and do when they think nobody is watching and they are a solid voting block to empower any Republican on the ticket. Good or bad. R is all that matters to them.

"We have the best government money can buy." Mark Twain

The problem is not just that GOP goes full fascist, it's that many people are so tribal they do not care. I always try to understand people of different opinion, but if Oz or Walker wins, I give up. In what universe would you vote for such a guy?

Addiction is addiction, by any other name.

From an outsiders point of view, what is happening is simply beyond belief I fear for the future of your country These extremists must be seen for what they are-sheep following a madman

We need to elect better politicians. We need someone willing to enforce antitrust policies and tax the crap out of these corporate monopolies who have waaaaaay to much power and influence. We need to stop believing everything we hear without critically thinking. We need to stop electing actors who have no history of public good. These things can’t happen if we don’t have a stronger democracy.

I used to vote Republican, then slowly started voting for some Democrats candidates. Then it was mostly Democrats and few Republicans. But after The GOP got Magafied in 2016, I will never again vote for anything Republican until that party gets purged of the liars, fanatics, and company serving politicians.

Al Gore conceded, when in fact he won. Now we know that being a gentleman is not how you get things done. Unite Democrats, and never again concede you lost.

When conversing with these Maga Republicans, it's like speaking to a 3 year old with Oppositional Behavior Syndrome 🙄

The pro-russian attitude worries me the most. I hope it's not as a widespread as it seems...

Hillary said this before " when they go low then kick them real hard " . And called them Deplorables. She is right in analyzing Republican Party.

Toy manufacturers should make an action figure of MJT that every time it opens its mouth, it falls on its face.

History will remember this period of the GOP as when the party imploded into a puddle of hatred, bitterness, xenophobia, ignorance and desperation

I question the legitimacy of Donald Trump as the Former President. I remember my teacher telling me as a kid I could be 'POTUS' one day. That title has lost lots of meaning

In Greed We Trust ? Heaven 🚫 Forbid.

They are a party of bullies and disrespect, from Canada, I wish you well in keeping your democracy.

The Republican party has not lost its mind, I has lost its heart, its empathy, its ability to be in contact with the US peope This became apparent in the election of 2020. We have to continue to vote out extremists..Vote in November.

wow hillary clinton nailed it when she called them the GOP deplorables

another great interview

/thank you for acknowledging and upholding ethical journalism when dealing with this political dilemma

I am more interested in when the GOP lost its soul.

If this is true we are finished as a country....

and no mention of corporate influence and the effect of money in politics and a way to remove things like citizens united law ?

I call them Weimar Republicans.

There might come a time when people need to escape Destructive forces by fleeing across the Rio Grande into 🇲🇽 Mexico...but however there may be a wall in front of them ...

Billionaires and tech companies. What can go wrong?

Thank you Amanpour and Co. for having Michel Martin interview Robert Draper on your show. Both Michel and Robert did an excellent job describing the current problem, and it would be interesting to see a discussion about how we get ourselves out of this mess. I agree, the Democratic party has to do more to highlight the real issues of inflation, gas prices, and the economy and both explain the root causes (windfall profits by corporate owners, collusion, war and oil price hikes by OPEC), and propose solutions (heavily tax windfall profits, increase earned income tax credits, break up oligopolies, keep American energy here and solve climate issues by green energy and energy efficiency). If we focus on the main issues and demand transparency and limits on money in politics, we might reduce the power and number of these Trumpian office holders. To use an analogy from biology, favoring healthy cultures in a medium limits the numbers of unhealthy organisms, as the healthy microorganisms take over and squeeze out the bad bugs. Hopefully we can save the body politic from this current unhealthy infection.

9:08 'In the first fiscal quarter of MG's term, she out-raised other Republicans.' ... b e c a u s e ... she had no committee assignments! She had the TIME to raise money!

Remember when Repubs kept saying that Dumpty was going to "pivot"? They were wrong then, too.

Fox News gave us this.

imo the Repubs make the tories look sane by comparison

Great interveiw! Thank you both for all the very valid points you touched on. Just sorry it was not a longer time slot, as i feel like you both just touched a tiny bit of the surface…

I’m afraid he’s giving Trump way more credit than he deserves for the whole project of overturning the “big tent” initiative in the GOP - that was Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, and Stephen Miller, in the 2014 midterms.

MTG personally identifes as a "Christian Nationalist" and yet I very rarely hear that discussed by the journalists that discuss her. This interview was another example - they spent a decent amount of time discussing MTG - absolutely no reference to this, which to me goes a great way to explaining her appeal. Why is that - is the media of the Left (I'm not saying this accusingly, but I am wondering.) Kinda ignoring this?. Militant Christianity is a huge factor on the Right - and their vision of America is downright scary!

This was a great interview.

Refreshing!

I like the play on words...UN Secretary General Kofi Annan declares the US led invasion of Iraq illegal on 9/15/2004.

And no one in the US wants to do anything about this madness?

Exceptional interview. Can't wait to get the book.

This guy’s dad was a big wig in advertising back it the 1960s. He was famous for creating that popular Coca-Cola. “I’d like to teach the world to sing.”

Perhaps these attention-seekers don't go away be us ignoring them. But they should get a lot less attention from us. However, they get shoved in our faces daily!

I'm so glad that I watched this interview ❤️ Thanks both to the author & to the interviewer!

Are people really not going to vote for Democracy?

In the U.S., we have a mostly uneducated, misinformed, anti-intellectual, electorate. When you really think about the true facts and the numbers, it's scary. Most Americans could not pass a basic civics test or pass a citizenship exam. We may not be as smart as we once were to democratically govern ourselves. Maybe the current American society of smart phones, social media and news media lacking real content has made us all too dumb to know just how dumb we really are.

yeah, but..we didn't Brexit ourselves for Putin..yet.

This interview has shed light on so many things I’ve been wondering about. Thank you.

@WilliamJones… Spot On comment…I truly hope, for our DEMOCRACY and We the People, will find our Country return to decency and a Law Abiding nation.

VOTE ALL THESE MAGA CRAZIES OUT, ONCE AND FOR ALL !! YOUR DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON IT !!

American democracy in its entirety has swung too far towards the feelings and desires of citizens. This may seem paradoxical, as democracy transfers power from a ruler, to citizens who self-rule. Yet it has been too successful. The overwhelming focus on polling, public opinion, and consumer preferences with institutionalized discipline through elections and reviews has trained citizens into a consumer mentality. The customer is always right, and satisfaction is guaranteed. This was never sustainable in a world of real limits such as truth, scarcity and difference. It prohibits trade-offs, compromise, empathy, and sacrifice. The media and economy have been to successful at reflecting demands and sentiment, creating an ego-centric validating fantasy world, instead of informing us what is possible and why. Politicians, in failing to show leadership, have become complicit. They forgot that democracy actually puts authority in institutions to buffer extremes, and represent interests, not mirror or champion ideology. Citizens only provide legitimacy by giving their consent. When it works, politics should mediate between societal preferences, and the constraints of reality. At present, we’re heading towards a brick wall, and someone needs to inform the deluded that it is real.

Great discussion - thanks.

Her ability to raise that much money is really scary and it really says something about the people of Georgia. Her list is awful. Democrats better vote on November 8th like their life depends on it, because life as we know it could be taken away.

We are fxxxxxked

You're wrong, sir. I don't know what polls you're looking at but we certainly have seen polls in the last two weeks that clearly indicate that people who maybe just watch the news most nights on ABC NBC or CBS with a little local thrown in with their affiliates, and maybe meet the press on Sundays or at least CBS Sunday morning, very much understand that democracy is top of ballot in these midterms and that voting in these midterms is actually more important or as important as a presidential election., And the most important midterm elections in history. Arizona, who certainly boasts some crazy maga stuff, has polls which show that 91% of voters, both male and female, and that's a huge number when it comes to any poll, whatsoever,, will vote against candidates who want to ban abortions, either by state, or by a federal law, certainly a federal ban is a despicable notion for men and women all over this country. The normal, good men in this country even if they're conservative about other things, actually have women that they love; wives, romantic partners, sisters, mothers, daughters, best friends, coworkers, cousins... They have the foresight in the maturity and the common sense to realize that they're now 6-year-old daughters, even newborn baby girls, might someday face the despicable tragedy of sexual assault , and/or a problematic pregnancy that could even be life risking. And the thought of their rights being taken from them, their medical well-being and safety, potentially they're very fertility taken from them or decided for them in such a despicable way, especially the party claiming it hates big government being the most big government anyone's ever seen... Understand what's at stake. Fortunately America is composed, after separating out the racist maga finally dangerous or just plain dumb and gullible nut balls, of men and women who care about women and girls, also understanding fully that inflation, gas prices are temporary, cyclic ( and in this particula moment, have an abundant relationship with the war in Ukraine and post pandemic economics. #voteblueforfreedomanddemocracy💙

our current corrupt politicians we have in office need to learn a lesson on how to appropriately manage the responsibility we have asked them to do. anyone who believes this fool is an accomplis to the illegal actions taking place.

As the great American philosopher Pogo stated, “we have met the enemy and they are us.”

Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man ... living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer, and suffer, and burn, and scream, until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you and he needs money. - George Carlin Please don't tell me how gullible people can be...

Who do you think the Jan. 6th Capital Police will be voting for?

Living in Austria during the 1990‘s, we experienced the phenomenon called Jörg Haider - an early example of a politician, whose popularity was claiming like a rocket. He could have stabbed a grandmother on a public place and his followers would have accused the old lady for provoking this. People desperately wanted to believe in something that explained the complex issues of our rapidly changing world in simple terms. No matter if these simple solutions are destroying, democracy, our economy or crushing minorities. This is a ‘religious war’.

it's moral decay

Combating this evil clown show with "blue", is like fighting a forest fire by spitting on it. We need something better. Today's Democratic Party falls far short of inspiring.

I agree with everything this guy says but the fact is he did not do his due diligent research on Marjorie Taylor green unless he's just leaving stuff out for time. Okay wait he just said something so ridiculous. I predict that in less than 2 years Marjorie Taylor green, or rather perjury traitor anti-green as Democrats know her, very much might be reject sitting in the Starbucks bar or whatever he said, she might be panhandling in front of Dolly Madison's house. Yes there's a lot, when you know longer have ethics or morals, and hypocrisy and lies and fraud no longer get you in trouble with your pals, it will be excused. But that really only counts for Trump, and that's not going to last long either he's so super embroiled in lawsuits and soon to be criminal charges. Once that happens and the cream rises, in other words in 2 years there will be new names and they will be rejecting maga because that's how cycles go (tea party anyone?) Paul goser not only doesn't work well with fellow Republicans and Democrats as you say won't work with him his own family, seven of his seven siblings will not only have nothing to do with him, but have tried to get him committed, institutionalized so please don't tell me that Paul gosear has some agendas to help the American people because, I think we all know that's a bit of heavy duty fiction. I would just like him to explain Lauren bobert to the American people. Flunked out of high school, flunked the GED, not once, not twice, but three times and still managed to get elected to congress without a high school diploma. She only passed the GED for the fourth time AFTER SHE HAD BEEN ELECTED BUT BEFORE SHE WAS SWORN IN But that's not even the worst of it. She has been, since 2003, arrested, and convicted, even spending time in prison.. For a variety of disgusting offenses, such as reckless driving, two counts and one of those included also two counts of no baby seats in the car no child restraints or child restraints not used. So that's how much she cares about the life of a zygote who doesn't even have her DNA. But by far the most despicable is her arrest, conviction and jail sentence for the crime of lewd conduct when she and her then boyfriend, now husband, we're in a bowling alley and thought it would be funny, literally a joke, for them to walk up to a group of little girls, for him to unzip his pants and expose himself to those children, with Lauren hanging on to his arm as he did it and laughing hysterically. Both arrested and I believe he is now registered as a sex offender. Exactly who you want to see at the best Washington cocktail parties. They are despicable. Two congressional seats held by women and these are the two women, bobert and green?? The Republican party is lost and it's got to be completely torn down and built back up again because it's never going to work itself out of this paper bag, velcroed in about 60 different places by about 60 different traitors.

10:13 The Star Wars Bar of Political Rejects?! That's not a place! It's called the Star Wars Cantina of Political Rejects.

i WOULDN'T SAY He has created a new and Dangerous Path ...I WOULD SAY ...FORMULA.

Billionaires for jingoism

Great interviewi

What a mess! I have been a Republican since I was 18, because my family was and I needed it to get a job with the government. I am now 78 and moved to South American 10 years ago. I have never in my life voted for a party. For my Country's sake, I voted for the person I feel is best. The two-party system does not work. Where I now live, you are required by law to vote and you have so many parties that it takes a primary election and one or two playoffs to get a President. And family is never mentioned and no bad-mouthing the opponent or you are immediately withdrawn as a candidate. And your campaign time is restricted. I now live in a Country that honors the word RESPECT, something long gone in the U.S. How can a Country be respected when it puts a mentally impaired individual in the Presidential office and allows him to ruin the U.S. for four years and then gives him more media time than anyone has ever had.

As went Rome so goes Washington Republic to Empire. President to president for life to God Emperor

Kari Lake will refuse to concede if she loses. But she'll also lose her $hit if her opponent loses and doesn't concede.

Disfunction? The biggest understatement of the Century.

How does the insanity end???

Weapons of mass delusion 😂Thats hilarious!!!!!....So glad we are no where near the circus Donny created....now everyones cashing in on it i see

When Keri lake loses she's going to be a major problem.

This was really umm, uhhh, sort of interesting and umm, uhhh, important.

The truth is not welcome in the public space of a democracy.

Great interview ❤

They can all go straight to jail. Do not pass go, do not give donald $200

Jubilantly, we're going to put it all together and sum it in one pin-point the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 202..(as in the January report) was a terrible day for American democracy. Our human civilization became a gambit of conflict with the opposition who claimed "our center," will not dominate the world. As time went on, it certainly came close in doing so; however, the tables turned on the opposition. Whether it was negligence on their part or not enough capitalization, it showed America stands needs to stand up and not be a pit-stop. Lisa

I keep asking the same question How can they be in Congress and against Congress

Every democrat needs to get off the couch and vote in the mid-terms or America will be over as a democracy.