Host Tish Durkin analyzes the MAGA reaction to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, particularly on the parts of presidential hopeful Nikki Haley and her all-but-declared rival, Ron DeSantis. Whether blaming the mess on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the imaginary recklessness of SVB depositors, or Joe Biden’s supposed love for coastal billionaires over good, plain flyover folk, the GOP nominees have got it spectacularly, comically wrong — so wrong as to beg the question: if this is what young, vigorous minds come up with in response to a crisis, is ole Biden the one whose mental acuity we really ought to be worried about?
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