What's going on with the civil war inside the Republican Party?
Joel Pollak, opinion editor of the California Post, joins The Ezra Levant Show to dissect the turmoil between the Republican Party and big-name online commentators like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson.
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Tonight, on The Ezra Levant Show, Ezra asks: what's with the bizarre battle between Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson and the Republican Party?
The two commentators are people Ezra confesses he once admired, particularly seeing Carlson as a role model. Now, Carlson “spends all of his time bashing America, bashing Israel, bashing Trump.”
Joel Pollak, former editor-at-large of Breitbart, now working on a new project, is deep within Republican circles. He joins tonight's show to help explain what's fuelling the divide.
He pointed to two main factors playing a role.
First, he said was the “cancel culture of the Biden administration, which really destroyed faith among conservative viewers and listeners and readers in mainstream media.” This created an audience for those whose views were being suppressed, including those “with very legitimate views” and others who hold “rather difficult views.”
A second factor was the business environment of the online podcasting and social media worlds, one that is “heavily dependent on money coming in through advertising and sponsors.” While some may attract large numbers of clicks and views, they may not attract sponsorships.
This leads to making people “persuadable in one direction or another,” he said, detailing how he's heard stories of “a lot of Qatari money floating around the influencer world.”
Online influencers “don't have to disclose the sources of their funding to the public,” he added.
Joel also touched on the new project he's involved with, the California Post. The upcoming outlet will serve as an expansion of the New York Post, of which Joel will serve as the opinion editor.
He told Ezra he's hopeful the Post can drive a cultural “shift in mindset” among Californians.
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Dalyce McCue commented 2025-12-01 16:12:50 -0500Another interesting statistic that circulated about 30 years ago, was that there are fewer STD’s among Jewish people because married couples are more monogamous than other nations. -
Allan Young commented 2025-11-29 12:52:48 -0500It only took about 500 years the first time for Christian’s to react. But the Crusades never ended and they never told the Christian’s ?
When ? -
Paul Mccullough commented 2025-11-29 12:49:05 -0500Equating Christianity with Islam is not making Pollak’s point. True Christians don’t go anti-Semitic, they follow the Bible. Those Christians who buy into replacement theology are essentially calling God a liar. They are not real Christians. God is not finished with the Jewish people. Israel is the only nation that exists today, that will exist in the next age (when it will stretch from the Nile to the Euphrates rivers as per God’s promise to Abraham). The replacement theologists were the reason for the quiet pulpits during the Holocaust. Unfortunately, there are a lot of them.
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Chris Wells commented 2025-11-29 12:32:25 -0500What higher forces are responsible for the browning of Canada, Australia, England, Ireland, etc and why are we allowing muslins in with the history of Muslins turning Christion Nations into muslin nations? It doesn’t make sense that Jewish influence is involved in this because Muslins seem to hate the Jews.
Another question, why is it that the mere mention of “Jew” makes someone antisemitic? Talk about any other religious group doesn’t make you a hater of that group. -
Paul Mccullough commented 2025-11-29 12:26:12 -0500Going anti-Semitic is a way to get lots of clicks these days. It’s a sign of the times we’re in. As Islam continues to take over the West, it will get worse and worse. Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson are playing to their new base. As a Christian, this doesn’t surprise me anymore. Satan hates believers – Christian and Jewish both. The Time of Trials and the Great Tribulation approach.
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Marilyn Hagerman commented 2025-11-29 12:13:49 -0500$$$s hypnotize! That’s part of Tucker’s change of focus. Need to attract high paying sponsors for his shows is another, ie., some political “spice”! There are very few “names” out there that have the courage or desire to stay free from corruption, influence and/or full pockets. Tucker rolls in that group!
Some Canadians and Americans have a dislike for President Trump for a multitude of mostly MSM concocted rumours…..but he does what he says, ass-kisses to no one, and stays consistent in his beliefs! Tell me another world figure that comes even close!!!! -
Allan Young commented 2025-11-29 11:31:14 -0500Conspiracy theory ?
Tucker’s commentaries were always what knew him from.
Then he had an interview with the islam fellow; I believe he received $100,000 for/to give that interview. Then he changed ?
Would it be naive that people could not be overcome these days through hypnoses or something ? I’m not saying one way or another.
But historically leaders of high status were isolated through lower access from others like rivals ? The Chinese and other royalty leaders used to have tasters or samplers of their food before they ate ?
Sometimes we forget History .
Tucker was obviously affected by/since that interview ?
What is the possibility ? -
Anthony Salotti commented 2025-11-29 07:25:24 -0500Carlson is done in my books .
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Andrew O commented 2025-11-29 05:56:01 -0500In case you’re actually curious as to why people like Nick are growing in popularity, part of it has to do with old woke scold gatekeepers like Joel Pollak claiming people are no longer on the right if they dare to question Israel. Nobody elected Joel “Who?” Pollack as the leader of the right.
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Marilyn Hagerman commented 2025-11-29 00:18:43 -0500Joel Pollak has an amazing logical, calming, quiet, “old-fashioned-normal” outlook on issues and people. It is such a non-judgemental and uplifting outlook – one I admire and try to practice, albeit very often a bloody hard one! If we had leadership here in Canada like President Trump, with some sanity, hope, trust – all would help generate a psychological rebirth for many Canadians. Maybe some day soon……
Thanks for this interview Ezra! It was terrific! Thanks too for your never ending dedication to truth and justice and for your accompanying wisdom! -
Bruce Atchison commented 2025-11-28 21:13:23 -0500Troll right wackos deserve to lose their audiences. And anti-Trump Republicans need a rebuke from their audiences. Click-bate people will tire quickly of their nonsense. True conservatives will abandon these woke right wackos because of their lunacy.
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Jane Vandervliet commented 2025-11-28 20:36:59 -0500Tucker Carlson is so full of himself to the extent it makes him stupid.
