308: Bridget Phetasy: Has Trump broken the spell of woke?

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🗓️ 21 November 2024

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Bridget Phetasy – writer, comedian and host of Dumpster Fire – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Bridget discusses why she voted for Donald Trump, the realignment of US politics, and how the left lost its ‘cool’ factor.

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0:00.0	I actually really like how everyone's calling it a realignment because that is what it feels like.
0:13.5	When you see that picture of Trump, Tulsi, RFK, and HILA, and you're like, this is the most Democratic Republican Party we've ever had.
0:22.9	They represent where normal Americans have shifted.
0:27.7	You know, the progressive left in particular just went so far left.
0:32.3	And they gaslit everybody and told them that they were just white supremacist and racist while they went off the
0:38.3	freaking deep end.
0:42.9	Hello, welcome back to the Brendan O'Neill show with me, Brendan O'Neill and my special
0:47.3	guest this week, Bridget Fetacey.
0:49.1	Bridget, welcome to the show.
0:50.4	Thank you for having me back.
0:51.6	It's always a pleasure.
0:52.8	It's great to have you back on. We need
0:55.2	a guide to what's going on in America. And I think you might be that person. And so much has
1:03.6	happened since we last talked. We've had a couple of conversations over the past year or so.
1:08.7	So much has happened in the U.S. since we last talked.
1:11.4	And I guess I want to kick off by asking you what the vibe is like there now that Trump is
1:17.1	back in charge. You know, it was the vibe's election, but I want to know what is the vibe
1:20.5	now that it's Trump's world. He dominates. He rules. He won. Thanks to people like you who
1:26.2	voted for him. What's the vibe like in Trump's New America?
1:30.3	It's interesting.
1:32.6	I'm trying to get a sense of it.
1:34.4	It's still very fresh.
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