🎧 Political Cage Matches pulls back the curtain on America’s most dangerous show: politics as kayfabe. Just like in pro wrestling, our leaders play characters — faces and heels — designed to rile up crowds, sell storylines, and keep the spectacle going. From Jesse Ventura’s candid comparisons to Donald Trump’s Mr. McMahon-inspired rallies, the theatrics aren’t just entertainment — they’ve spilled into real life, fueling conspiracies, insurrections, and assassinations.
We break down how Fox hosts like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity admitted privately what they denied publicly, how true believers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mike Johnson have blurred the line between performance and fanaticism, and why the funhouse mirror of politics is now driving violence in the streets.
👉 Is it all just theater, or have the characters taken over the show? And what happens when the audience starts believing the script is real?
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