CLR Show 1812. Air Date April 21, 2023. The republican party is utterly devoid of policy proposals and instead substitutes wedge issue dissemination in an effort to keep the base in a perpetual state of grievance. Some of these wedges could find their way into legislation that would actually hurt the base. A perfect example is McCarthy's demand to defund the Infrastructure Recovery Act as a condition of raising the debt ceiling. Most of the IRA money is earmarked for republican states and was voted for by republican senators! With Friday Co-Host, David Bach.