Can the Democrats win by trolling Trump?
Refusing political ultimatums, sleeping on the Texas House floor in protest, parodying Trump’s tweets and setting up a website to sell merchandise that mocks the president. Is this all part of a winning strategy?
August 29, 202529m 17s
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Show Notes
A fight over a redrawing of the congressional map in Texas united Democrats across the country. This week, we hear from the state representative Nicole Collier about why <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/19/texas-democrats-permission-slip-protest" rel="nofollow">she slept on the House floor</a> for two nights, and Jonathan Freedland speaks to the KQED reporter <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-breakdown/id1327641087" rel="nofollow">Marisa Lagos</a> about why the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, sees an opportunity in fighting dirty
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