Jim Antle, executive editor of the Washington Examiner magazine, brings to life its pages in the show Inside Scoop. Each episode features exclusive insight from the article authors and expert analysis.As government control keeps expanding in Washington, D.C., polling shows people are losing trust in national institutions. Antle explains how both parties, but especially Democrats, treat even the smallest majority as a mandate to push sweeping federal agendas.“Every election feels existential,” Antle says. “Because the losing side may suffer long-term policy defeats as a result of losing the election. The losing side also doesn’t really trust in the legitimacy of the other side. They feel that our politics are broken, and a lot of Americans across the political spectrum feel that way.”
Antle suggests a return to federalism and shifting power back to the states may help lower the temperature as the political divide between red and blue states becomes incredibly polarized.
“This was not the system that the Founding Fathers designed,” Antle says. “They wanted the states to have many powers, and the powers of the federal government to be few and defined. We have gotten away from that.”
Next in the show, a Democratic Senate candidate with a Nazi tattoo, abuse allegations, and a trail of scandals. Jim Antle talks with Editorial Director Hugo Gurdon about Graham Platner’s controversial campaign in Maine. Gurdon thinks it’s an insult to voters for Platner to continue in the race.
