Andrew Rice on The Year That Broke America

<p><span>Mike talks with Andrew Rice, a contributing editor at New York magazine, former staff writer at The Hill, and the author of the recently published book </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Year-That-Broke-America-Immigration-ebook/dp/B095SMXXFM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+year+that+broke+america&qid=1646602633&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"><em>The Year That Broke America: An Immigration Crisis, a Terrorist Conspiracy, the Summer of Survivor, a Ridiculous Fake Billionaire, a Fight for Florida, and the 537 Votes That Changed Everything</em></a><span>, which is the topic of their discussion.</span></p><p><strong>Things Mike &amp; Andrew get into include:</strong></p><p><span>- Why 2000 was the year that broke America</span></p><p><span>- Donald Trump’s first (failed) presidential run</span></p><p><span>- the story of Elián González and how it divided America</span></p><p><span>- how John McCain broke Mike’s (and the media’s) heart</span></p><p><span>- terrorist preparations for 9/11</span></p><p><span>- Al Gore &amp; Chaos Theory</span></p><p><span>- the insanely close, and incredibly chaotic 2000 presidential election</span></p><p><span>- what looking back at 2000 can tell us about American politics today</span></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/riceid" rel="nofollow"><strong>Andrew Rice on Twitter</strong></a></p><p><strong>The Politics Guys</strong><span> on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/politicsguyspage" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a><span> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/politicsguys" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></p><p><strong>Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible</strong><span>. If you’re interested in supporting the podcast, go to</span><a href="https://www.patreon.com/politicsguys" rel="nofollow"> patreon.com/politicsguys</a><span> or</span><a href="https://www.politicsguys.com/support" rel="nofollow"> politicsguys.com/support</a><span>. On </span><strong>Venmo</strong><span>, we’re </span><strong>@PoliticsGuys.</strong></p><br/><br/>Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' hr