The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Justin Haskins, and Chris Talgo present episode 449 of the In The Tank Podcast. Is Populism a threat to Democracy? U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi believes so. Pelosi recently took part in an Oxford Union debate on this very subject where she made the case that populism has become synonymous with ethnonationalism and right-wing extremism. Arguing against this position was Winston Marshall, a former member of the musical group, Mumford & Sons. What role does Populism play in American politics? Is it something that should be embraced or rejected by pro-liberty advocates?

OPENING CHIT CHAT - BIDEN V. TRUMP DEBATES SET

Politico - It’s on (for now): Biden and Trump agree to 2 debates

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/15/biden-proposes-2-debates-with-trump-ditching-bipartisan-commission-00158082

PRIMARY TOPIC - DEFENDING POPULISM TO DEFEAT THE ELITES?

NYP - Winston Marshall: I didn’t have to expose Nancy Pelosi — she did it herself

https://nypost.com/2024/05/14/opinion/winston-marshall-i-didnt-have-to-expose-nancy-pelosi-she-did-it-herself/

WSJ - Notable & Quotable: Pelosi on Populism

https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-pelosi-on-populism-threat-democracy-culture-war-909afce8

(video) Oxford Union - Winston Marshall argues that populism is not a threat democracy, but rather is democracy itself 6/6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFmjgbdNNgw

(video) Politico - Obama: I'm the real populist, not Trump

https://www.politico.com/video/2016/06/obama-im-the-real-populist-not-trump-059801

(video) Tucker Carlson - About one in five mail-in ballots in the last election was fraudulent ...

https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1783979370811724167