Disgraced coal baron Don Blankenship received over 27,000 votes in the West Virginia Republican Senate primary, even after being convicted for his role in an explosion that killed 29 coal miners and running a racist campaign. Blankenship lost, but was one of many fringe right-wing candidates running for office. In the May 11 episode, we sat down with Miranda Blue, research director at People For the American Way, to talk about far-fight candidates working to pull the GOP to the fringe in 2018.