Matt Lewis on how Trump Changed Politics and Media

<p>This week, Sam and Chuck are joined by <a href="https://www.breakingbattlegrounds.vote/podcast/matt-lewis-on-how-trump-changed-politics-and-media" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Matt Lewis</a>. Matt is a senior columnist at The Daily Beast and the author of  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Too-Dumb-Fail-Revolution-Conservative/dp/0316383937" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Too Dumb to Fail</em></a><em>: How the GOP Betrayed the Reagan Revolution to Win Elections (And How It Can Reclaim Its Conservative Roots)</em>. </p> <p>Matt's work has appeared in outlets such as <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-conservative-pacs-trolling-for-your-money-1431040712" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>The Wall Street Journal</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/matt-lewis.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>The Daily Beast</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race/2012/05/what-cain-newt-and-perry-taught-me-about-sex-and-settling-down.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>GQ</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/06/10/opinion-conservative-journalists-should-get-out-of-the-ghetto/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>The Washington Post</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57935.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Politico</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10776038/Bush-versus-Clinton-2016-would-a-battle-of-the-dynasties-really-be-un-American.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>The Telegraph</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/author/matt-lewis" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>The Independent</em></a>, and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/matt-lewis" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>The Guardian</em></a> -- and he has been quoted or cited by major media outlets including <a href="http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/newt-gingrich-2012-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>New York Magazine</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061502428_2.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>The Washington Post</em></a><em>, </em><a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01E2D8133EF93AA1575AC0A9619C8B63&amp;scp=1&amp;sq=matt+lewis&amp;st=nyt" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>The New York Times</em></a><em>, </em>and<a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/user-burnout-could-threaten-twitters-prosperity" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><em>The Associated Press</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p>Over the years, Matt has provided political commentary on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, <a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TLE" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">C-SPAN</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXFpJNdgXHE&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">PBS NewsHour</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b0WIcatfSg&amp;feature=player_embedded" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ABC's "Nightline</a>," HBO's "<a href="http://www.hbo.com/real-time-with-bill-maher/index.html#/real-time-with-bill-maher/episodes/0/289-episode/video/289-july-12-overtime.html/eNrjcmbO0CzLTEnNd8xLzKksyUx2zs8rSa0oUc-PSYEJBSSmp-ol5qYy5zMXsjGyMXIyMrJJJ5aW5BfkJFbalhSVpgIAXbkXOA==" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Real Time with Bill Maher</a>," and CBS News' "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoe0EMUMz5A" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Face The Nation</a>." He has appeared on numerous radio outlets like <a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/07/10/485432464/matt-lewis-s