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Political Satirist Karl Zahn: Voting for the People Who Got Into A Mess
Political Satirist Karl Zahn: Voting for the People Who Got Into A Mess
Posted on by Tom Novak

Substack commentator and political satirist Karl Zahn joins WFEA to talk about the state of voters in America today.

Karl and Jeff discuss candidates in California (Mayor Karen Bass) and Maine (Graham Platner), and why voters seem to be strongly supporting these flawed candidates, even with poor records or questionable characters.

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