On this week’s The Motive Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman maintain a postmortem examination of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ suspended marketing campaign for president earlier than contemplating Donald Trump’s current declare that presidents deserve full immunity from prosecution.
00:27—Ron DeSantis drops out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination
19:54—Trump claims full presidential immunity
30:05—Weekly Listener Query
47:00—Argentine President Javier Milei addresses Davos
54:38—This week’s cultural suggestions
Talked about on this podcast:
“Ron DeSantis Could Have Run on a Message of Freedom,” by Eric Boehm
“So Long to the Man in Lifts,” by Liz Wolfe
“4 Reasons Why Dean Phillips Could Shock Write-in Joe Biden in New Hampshire Tuesday,” by Matt Welch
“No Labels Has 13 Presidential Candidates, 14 State Ballots, and 7 Weeks To Decide Whether To Run,” by Matt Welch
“Is DeSantis a Principled Governor or a Retaliatory Culture Warrior?” by Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie
“How Should Libertarians Think About Ron DeSantis?” by Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller
“Trump’s Demand for ‘Total’ Presidential Immunity Reflects His Authoritarian Impulses,” by Jacob Sullum
“Meet the New Boss: Donald Trump, Who Wants To Tell You What You Can Buy and Sell,” by Nick Gillespie
“Should Libertarians Vote For Trump? Nick Gillespie vs. Walter Block,” a Soho Discussion board debate by Gene Epstein
“Donald Trump on Libertarianism: ‘I like it. A lot of good things.'” by Nick Gillespie
“Javier Milei Tells World Leaders: ‘The State Is Not the Solution,'” by Katarina Corridor
“Is Javier Milei a ‘Doctrinaire Hayekian’ and a Secret Reason Science Project?” by Nick Gillespie
“Conservative Liberals for Mainstream Anti-MSMism,” by Matt Welch
“Talking about Punk as a ‘Cultural Antibiotic’ for the Body Politic!” by Nick Gillespie
“School Choice Is Popular and Increasingly Common,” by J.D. Tuccille
Motive‘s archive on Nationwide College Selection Week
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Audio manufacturing by Ian Keyser; assistant manufacturing by Hunt Beaty.
Music: “Angeline,” by The Brothers Steve