mcintosh with emily s list. lizza had this interesting piece where he talked about the populist campaign that brat ran, in which he talked about the fact that big business and big government were in with each other. he talked about wall street and talked about the fact that cantor wasn t on the side of the little guy. and i think there s a lot of there s a lot of populist anger against congress and eric cantor kind of represented the worst of it. and i spoke to a couple of local reporters from that district today. and they both had stories, along the lines of, cantor when he would rarely visit the district, would come in with an suv and a bunch of bodyguards, and literally shove people out of the way. and so i think that kind of expanded upon that narrative. i think that s why that narrative stuck to a guy like cantor, because he seems to have been sort of personally the epitome of that s right.
mcintosh with emily s list. lizza had this interesting piece where he talked about the populist campaign that brat ran, in which he talked about the fact that big business and big government were in with each other. he talked about wall street and talked about the fact that cantor wasn t on the side of the little guy. and i think there s a lot of there s a lot of populist anger against congress and eric cantor kind of represented the worst of it. and i spoke to a couple of local reporters from that district today. and they both had stories, along the lines of, cantor when he would rarely visit the district, would come in with an suv and a bunch of bodyguards, and literally shove people out of the way. and so i think that kind of expanded upon that narrative. i think that s why that narrative stuck to a guy like cantor, because he seems to have been sort of personally the epitome of that s right. and there s something concrete
his opponent painted him as a corrupt symbol of a corrupt congress, and his opponent was right. joining me now, sam seder, host of majority report, and jess mcintosh with emily s list. lizza had this interesting piece where he talked about the populist campaign that brat ran, in which he talked about the fact that big business and big government were in with each other. he talked about wall street and talked about the fact that cantor wasn t on the side of the little guy. and i think there s a lot of there s a lot of populist anger against congress and eric cantor kind of represented the worst of it. and i spoke to a couple of local reporters from that district today. and they both had stories, along the lines of, cantor when he would rarely visit the district, would come in with an suv and a bunch of bodyguards, and literally shove people out of the way. and so i think that kind of expanded upon that narrative.
the reality of the book is very different than what happens with the screwdriver in the show. but that day that i inadvertently stole a screwdriver was a really scary day for me, a terrifying day because it is a dangerous weapon and there are incredible consequences and i was, like, what am i going to do with this thing? are you still in touch with people that you served time with? i am in touch with people. folks sometimes ask if there was anything about prison that i liked. the only thing to like about prison is the friendships that you, perhaps, might forge there. so i really treasure the friendships that i made with some of the women who i did time with, and i am still in touch with and still friends with some of those women. have you talked to them about this series? i mean i have talked to some of them. some of them have been in touch. they ve been watching. the feedback i ve gotten is positive from those women and also along the lines of, wow, i m having a flashback. s
show. but that day that i inadvertently stole a screwdriver was a really scary day for me, a terrifying day because it is a dangerous weapon and there are incredible consequences and i was, like, what am i going to do with this thing? are you still in touch with people that you served time with? i am in touch with people. folks sometimes ask if there was anything about prison that i liked. the only thing to like about prison is the friendships that you, perhaps, might forge there. so i really treasure the friendships that i made with some of the women who i did time with, and i am still in touch with and still friends with some of those women. have you talked to them about this series? i mean i have talked to some of them. some of them have been in touch. they ve been watching. the feedback i ve gotten is positive from those women and also along the lines of, wow, i m having a flashback. so i haven t heard from every single woman who is depicted in the book.