President Trump Flexes His Political Muscles in GOP Primaries
Podcasts > This Week on Capitol Hill
Saturday, May 23, 2026
From Texas to Kentucky and any other GOP primary hotspots, President DONALD J. TRUMP’s endorsement caused challengers to surge in races for the House and Senate this week. U.S. House Speaker MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA) focused on the defeat of U.S. Congressman THOMAS MASSIE (R-KY) suggesting Massie was hurt be not being a “team player” in advancing the Trump legislative agenda.
U.S. Congresswoman HARRIET HAGEMAN (R-WY) recaps this week’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) “manufacturing hate” to raise money off so-called hate groups.
Vice Admiral ROBERT HARWARD says President Trump has time on his side in dealing with Iran and is skillfully working it to his advantage.
MATTHEW FOLDI, editor-in-chief of the Washington Reporter, breaks down other news impacting Capitol Hill … and TONY PERKINS’ commentary focuses on abuses by the SPLC which led to a fatal attack on the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.
All coming up on our latest edition of THIS WEEK ON CAPITOL HILL with Tony Perkins, sponsored by AARP.
