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Tina Smith Names the Republicans She Can’t Stand | The Bulwark Podcast

2026-02-19 News & Politics
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The junior senator from Minnesota joined Tim on Wednesday for the first show of a two-night Bulwark run at the historic Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis—the city that caught ICE off-guard with its "radical empathy" and kick-ass organizing skills. It was the "secret sauce" of Minnesotans that looks to have federal agents winding down their operation there. Plus, Democrats need to continue to hold the line on DHS funding, the incompetent clown atop the DoD and other loser Republicans, the Senate is fundamentally broken, and the beauty of retiring to make way for a new generation of leaders. Sen. Tina Smith joins Tim Miller. Show Notes: Tickets are now on sale for our LIVE shows in Dallas on March 18 and in Austin on March 19: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/bulwark-events Chapters: 00:00:00 Live in Minneapolis with Tina Smith 00:01:05 Why Minnesota Works 00:02:30 JD Vance And The Lie Of Social Breakdown 00:03:40 Radical Empathy And Organizing 00:05:00 Community Stories From Minnesota 00:06:20 ICE Raids And Authoritarian Cruelty 00:08:35 Minnesota As A Testing Ground 00:09:50 DHS Funding And Harm Mitigation 00:12:10 No War With Iran 00:16:50 Pete Hegseth And Republican Incompetence 00:19:10 Confronting Mike Lee 00:21:00 JD Vance And The Talented Mr Ripley 00:23:55 Katie Britt And Fake Concern 00:27:15 Democrats, Dean Phillips, And Missed Moments 00:29:30 Al Franken And Double Standards 00:32:20 What Democrats Should Look For 00:35:00 Minnesota’s Leaders And What Comes Next Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join

Top Comments (10)

@MamaTfromMN 2026-02-19

Minnesotan here. Senator Smith will be deeply missed when her term ends. Thank you, Tina!❤

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@kilburnrs 2026-02-19

Much of the hope now in my heart I owe Minnesota

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@smb-zf9bd 2026-02-19

The idea of doing something that will benefit those you don't know is a profoundly un-MAGA idea. It might be the very antithesis of the MAGA mindset.

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@cathyc.2512 2026-02-19

R.I.P. Melissa Hortman, your husband and your good dog. ❤❤🎉🎉 Everything is so sad but this made me cry (again).

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@jarrettheale 2026-02-19

Honourary Canadians, you Minnesotans. Sending love

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@LeroyRaghunath 2026-02-19

Well done Bulwark. Please go to all the cities terrorized by the pedonald.

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@kkyoungblood9723 2026-02-20

To every single person living in Minnesota.. Each and EVERY ONE of you are HEROES standing up for our country and Democracy! Thank YOU!

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@cherrylq9325 2026-02-20

It was such a pleasure watching you and Tina Smith. As a Minneapolis resident, it means a lot to hear Tina's candid statements about what is happening to Minnesota and our country. I will miss her.

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@wellscampbell9858 2026-02-20

I'm a 54 y.o. white guy, I grew up in South Carolina but have lived in San Francisco for the last 25 years. I had the pleasure of booking a 6 week gig some 15 years ago as part of a photography team in Minneapolis working for a small boutique retailer headquartered in town there, you may have heard of them... Anyway it was in late June through July which I gather is one of the two warm months there, and the city was alive and hopping. The Mini Apple. The density of tats and piercings and nose rings that could rival any warm summer night in the mission. Saw a lot of music and had many great convos with strangers. I just want to acknowledge what you are going through, to thank you for what could rightly be called standing up for your country by standing up for your neighbor, and for doing so in a manner that is stunningly inspiring and amazing, beauty and grace in the face of evil. It's heart wrenching and infuriating too, and I am aware both that it is worse than any media can convey, and that just because they sent one little jacka$$ cosplay H!tler home does not mean it is over by a long shot. But you are showing everyone how it's done so thank you.

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@lewisbeshers1946 2026-02-20

Al Franken was totally screwed by that idiot Gillibrand. Period.

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