Ep. 2420 - The Rise of The New Left

May 6, 2026

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Ben Shapiro warns of a "new left" rising within conservative circles—people like Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Nick Fuentes—who share the traditional left's disdain for the U.S. Constitution, American exceptionalism, capitalism, and military power. These figures, once called the "horseshoe right," now openly align with Democrats and foreign adversaries like Russia's Alexander Dugin to undermine the Republican Party and weaken America.

Core Traits of the New Left

Shapiro defines the new left by views that mirror the left: viewing the Constitution as antiquated, America as a nefarious global force with a violating military, siding with Russia, China, Iran, and Venezuela, rejecting free markets for government control, and dividing Americans by race into victims and victimizers. Their "Venn diagram with the left is a circle," he says. This group opposes what makes America exceptional—individual freedom, private property, traditional institutions, and the Constitution—which enable anyone to succeed through responsible decisions. He contrasts this with Secretary of State Marco Rubio's praise for America as a place where "anyone from anywhere can achieve anything," citing his own rise from Cuban immigrant parents fleeing communism.

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1 (00:29) **Episode Thesis: Rise of the New Left** - Shapiro introduces the New Left as anti-American pseudo-conservatives allied with Democrats and foreign adversaries like Putin and Xi.
2 (01:30) **Defining the New Left** - Characteristics mirror left: hating Constitution, America as evil, siding with Russia/China, favoring government over markets, racial victimhood.
3 (02:29) **American Exceptionalism via Rubio Clip** - Marco Rubio praises America as place for anyone to achieve potential, story of improvement over perfection.
4 (04:15) **America-Hating Allies: Dugin's Rants** - Putin's philosopher Alexander Dugin calls for erasing US, labels Americans stupid slaves of elites.
5 (05:46) **Heritage Speech on Conservatism Borders** - Shapiro clip stresses ideological borders excluding anti-free enterprise, anti-freedom opponents like Tucker Carlson.
6 (07:42) **New Left Figures Exposed: Tucker, Owens, Fuentes** - Not true conservatives; fake Christianity, anti-Americanism differs from left only on victim class.
7 (10:51) **Fuentes Goes Full Anti-GOP** - Declares himself moderate Democrat, calls to impeach Trump, burn party, no Vance/Rubio; sustained by anti-Israel rage.

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Show Notes

Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes and the rest of the New Left remove the mask; Vivek Ramaswamy swamps his own New Left contender in the Ohio gubernatorial primary; and a California gubernatorial debate shows just how screwed the state may be.

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