Republicans

also referred to as: republican

54 statements across 51 episodes · 8 bullish · 29 bearish · 17 people on the record · first statement Nov 4, 2020 by Michael Newman · across every show →

Everything said about Republicans, oldest first

Nov 4, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Michael Newman: Minnesota was never competitive in the 2020 election
“I never thought Minnesota was in play the Republicans put a brave face on there and they are making some gains in the rural areas, but Minnesota was never in play.”
Michael Newman Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 1:43:02 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Jan 8, 2021 negative
Opinion
Chamath says Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are stupid candidates
“Kelly Loftner's a moron. She's an idiot. David Perdue's a good old boy. He's an idiot. They're just stupid. This actually speaks to a bigger problem, which is the Republicans could do so much better if they could actually find younger, more vibrant, intelligen…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 8, 2021 ▶ 52:30 E16: Reflecting on the riots at the US Capitol, plus: Georgia runoffs, vaccine distribution & more
Jan 8, 2021 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Donald Trump cost Republicans the Georgia Senate runoff elections
“The reason why the Republicans lost Georgia is, frankly, Trump, I mean, Trump cost them Georgia.”
David Sacks Jan 8, 2021 ▶ 50:06 E16: Reflecting on the riots at the US Capitol, plus: Georgia runoffs, vaccine distribution & more
Jan 23, 2021
Prediction Held up
Sacks: Unlikely enough Republicans vote to convict Trump and fracture party
“I'm surprised, I, I'd be surprised at the end of the day if enough Republicans went along with this to fracture the party.”
David Sacks Jan 23, 2021 ▶ 17:27 E18: Inauguration talk, breaking down the $1.9T stimulus, the case for recalling Gavin Newsom & more
May 1, 2021 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Chamath: Americans overwhelmingly believe Republicans better represent hardworking people
“If you ask then Americans who better represents the interests of hardworking people among Republicans and Democrats, the overwhelming answer is now Republicans”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 1, 2021 ▶ 32:55 E31: Post-vaccination virtue signaling, pandemic lessons, immigration, Caitlyn Jenner for CA & more
Jun 13, 2021 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
David Sacks: US foreign policy aligns on China, but domestic policy lags
“You're seeing both Democrats and Republicans really get on the same page now about the threat that China represents, but our domestic policy is not realigned around that.”
David Sacks Jun 13, 2021 ▶ 1:31:17 E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, Bitcoin & more
Jul 16, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: 80% of Democrats have received a vaccine versus 49% of Republicans
“80% of Democrats have received one shot compared to 49% of Republicans.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 16, 2021 ▶ 22:44 E40: A Bestie gets COVID, Delta breakthrough, Billionaire Space Race & more
Jul 30, 2021 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Palihapitiya: Republicans will not win back the House in 2022 midterms
“I think that the Republicans were probably trending to basically win back the house. And now I don't think that's the case.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 30, 2021 ▶ 6:41 E42: China's tech crackdown, CRISPR breakthrough, practical climate change solutions & more
Sep 18, 2021 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Promoting stolen election claims will hurt Republicans in 2022 midterms
“Rich Lowry from National Review had a police, a piece in Politico where he said that this election the stolen election myth has become an albatross for Republicans. They have to get off that. I think it's ridiculous. That's gonna bring him down in 22.”
David Sacks Sep 18, 2021 ▶ 33:13 E47: Facebook's week from hell, Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes coverage, Newsom wins & more
Dec 29, 2021
Prediction Partly held up
David Sacks predicts Hispanic and Asian American voters flip Republican in 2022
“It's already the case in polling that Hispanics and Asian Americans now are swing voters, and I think you're gonna see in November, 20, 22, that they go for Republicans in big numbers, and so the idea that the Democratic Party can just coast to election based …”
David Sacks Dec 29, 2021 ▶ 36:30 E61: 2022 Predictions! Business, politics, science, tech, crypto, & more
Feb 5, 2022
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Polls show 65% of Democrats favor government online content restrictions
“Democrats or lean Democrats versus Republicans who lean Republicans, it's 65 28 in favor of government taking steps to restrict info online. And it's 76, 37 Democrats versus Republicans on tech companies.”
David Sacks Feb 5, 2022 ▶ 1:18:14 E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen
Feb 12, 2022
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: Republicans gained 18 points among non-white working-class voters
“I think the margin of non-white working class who moved to the Republicans last election was 18 points. Think, They got 18 points more share than eight years ago.”
David Sacks Feb 12, 2022 ▶ 44:14 E67: Revisiting Rogan, Canadian truckers' protest, fusion breakthrough, $MSFT's savvy move & more
Mar 5, 2022 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Republicans pushing for foreign regime change are reckless fools
“And anybody today who doesn't modify their point of view on these regime change wars is a fool. I mean, they're not paying attention. And so for Lindsey Graham and, you know, these other guys out there to be a lot of Republicans to be talking about regime chan…”
David Sacks Mar 5, 2022 ▶ 1:31:51 E71: Russia/Ukraine deep dive: escalation, risk factors, financial fallout, exit ramps and more
May 27, 2022 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Republicans will fail on gun policy due to constitutional absolutism
“The Republicans will not make any progress because they become sort of very binary, adamant absolutists about constitutional rights and the interpretation of that right in a very specific way.”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 27, 2022 ▶ 1:14:08 E83: Market slide continues, and how to address Uvalde
Jun 2, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Democrats now represent professional elites while Republicans become populist working-class
“Historically the Democrats were the party of the working class. They are now much more the party of the professional class. And they buy into the belief set of sort of the college educated, the, you know, the, those sort of, you call it the woke sensibility. A…”
David Sacks Jun 2, 2022 ▶ 26:05 #AIS: Joe Lonsdale on the problem with higher education
Jun 24, 2022 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Republicans only emphasize spending discipline under Democratic presidents
“For sure, and Republicans only seem to find their principles on spending when there's a Democrat in the White House.”
David Sacks Jun 24, 2022 ▶ 16:19 E84: Markets update, crypto collapse, Russia/Ukraine endgame, state of the podcast
Jul 22, 2022 bullish
Prediction Held up
Sacks: Republicans will win control of the House
“Well, the Republicans are going to win the house at least.”
David Sacks Jul 22, 2022 ▶ 47:44 E88: First principle politics, China chaos & outlook, state of private/public markets & more
Aug 26, 2022 negative
What-if
Sacks: Republican support for CHIPS and infrastructure enabled the Inflation Reduction Act
“Basically the Republicans foolishly Went along with infrastructure and with the CHIPS Act, they should have forced Biden to use up reconciliation on one of those bills, and then they wouldn't have been able to get through the seven hundred fifty billion inflat…”
David Sacks Aug 26, 2022 ▶ 1:05:59 E93: Twitter whistleblower, cloud security vulnerabilities, student debt forgiveness & more
Aug 26, 2022 positive
Prediction Held up
Sacks: Republicans will likely win the House in 2022 midterms
“I think what's likely to happen in November is still that the Republicans win one of the chambers, probably the house.”
David Sacks Aug 26, 2022 ▶ 1:06:40 E93: Twitter whistleblower, cloud security vulnerabilities, student debt forgiveness & more
Nov 5, 2022 neutral
Prediction Held up
Sacks: Congressional Republicans will focus on investigations rather than legislation
“The other thing that's going to happen is Republicans may not be able to pass much legislation, but they're going to be able to do investigations.”
David Sacks Nov 5, 2022 ▶ 59:12 E103: Tech layoffs surge, big tech freezes hiring, optimizing for profits, election preview & more
Nov 12, 2022 bearish
Prediction Held up
Sacks: Republicans will lose 2022 Georgia runoff if Trump antics continue
“I think we're going to lose the Georgia runoff again if Trump continues with these antics.”
David Sacks Nov 12, 2022 ▶ 16:48 E104: FTX collapse with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong + election results, macro update & more
Dec 3, 2022 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Republicans will lose elections if they insist on total abortion bans
“I don't think, you know, banning abortion entirely a total abolition is going to work for this country. I think Republicans will lose elections if they insist on that.”
David Sacks Dec 3, 2022 ▶ 57:23 E106: SBF's media strategy, FTX culpability, ChatGPT, SaaS slowdown & more
Jan 20, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Calacanis supports Republicans voting no on raising the US debt ceiling
“Yeah, I actually do. I think we should start pumping the brakes on spending, and I do think the Tea Party, now that doesn't mean I like those candidates, they're kind of whack jobs, actually.”
Jason Calacanis Jan 20, 2023 ▶ 13:47 E112: Is Davos a grift? Plus: globalist mishaps, debt ceilings, TikTok's endgame & more
Feb 11, 2023 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks predicts any Republican proposing entitlement reform will unequivocally lose
“Any smart Republican is going to take entitlement reform off the table because it is a total third rail. And they will lose.”
David Sacks Feb 11, 2023 ▶ 1:37:24 E115: The AI Search Wars: Google vs. Microsoft, Nordstream report, State of the Union
Jun 24, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Republican support for US aid to Ukraine is falling rapidly
“The neocons and Republicans are dropping their support for this at a pretty precipitous rate, which is predictable.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 24, 2023 ▶ 19:16 E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
Jul 9, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Friedberg: Hispanic voters shift Republican over immigration process fairness
“What you're saying is exactly why the Hispanic population, the Hispanic citizens of the United States are increasingly voting Republican.”
David Friedberg Jul 9, 2023 ▶ 1:15:22 E136: Hacking the pod, Threads launches, Fed minutes, immigration, balloon farce, heart health
Nov 11, 2023 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Republicans will keep losing elections while abortion remains a key issue
“And as long as that issue is in the forefront, Republicans are going to lose.”
David Sacks Nov 11, 2023 ▶ 1:09:27 Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
Jan 6, 2024
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath: Good chance Republicans force temporary budget cuts in upcoming shutdown
“There's a good chance that Will, the Republicans will force some momentary temporary budget cuts in this next couple of weeks shutdown.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 6, 2024 ▶ 1:25:30 E160: 2024 Predictions! Markets, tech, politics, and more
Feb 2, 2024 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Repealing Section 230 will backfire on Republicans
“My point is, I think Republicans at the end of the day are going to regret that, because if you remove Section two 30, it's going to open up this flood of litigation.”
David Sacks Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 27:08 E164: Zuck’s Senate apology, Elon's comp package voided, crony capitalism, Reddit IPO, drone attack
Apr 5, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Republican administration will not significantly reopen big tech M&A
“I think the Democrats and the Republicans are really well aligned here. They don't like deals, and I don't think you're going to see a big sea change. They hate big tech for different reasons, but they equally want to slow them down.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 5, 2024 ▶ 45:15 E173: Google buying HubSpot? FTX depositors not made whole, AI job fears, Ukraine joining NATO
Jul 4, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Expanding Supreme Court seats will trigger escalating court-packing by Republicans
“You try to increase that to 13, then the next time the Republicans have control, they're going to increase it to 15 or 21 or whatever, and pretty soon we're going to have a hundred justices on the court.”
David Sacks Jul 4, 2024 ▶ 59:38 Hot Swap growing, donors revolt, President Kamala? SCOTUS breakdown: Immunity, Chevron, Censorship
Aug 9, 2024 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks predicts Republicans will support breaking up Google
“And I think Republicans will be on board with that because frankly, Google's a threat to democracy.”
David Sacks Aug 9, 2024 ▶ 1:01:32 Yen Carry Trade, Recession odds grow, Buffett cash pile, Google ruled monopoly, Kamala picks Walz
Sep 10, 2024 negative
Insight
Vance: Low GDP growth drives political dysfunction in the US
“When the economy is growing four, five, six percent a year, then Democrats can kind of get what they want, Republicans can kind of get what they want, and it all makes sense. If the economy is growing between zero and one percent a year, then I think it makes …”
JD Vance Sep 10, 2024 ▶ 4:24 JD Vance | All-In Summit 2024
Sep 12, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Megyn Kelly reveals she voted Democrat four times and Republican four times
“I'm a registered independent. I voted in eight presidential elections. I voted Democrat four times and Republican four.”
Megyn Kelly Sep 12, 2024 ▶ 15:22 Megyn Kelly | All-In Summit 2024
Sep 16, 2024 negative
Opinion
Mearsheimer: Republicans and Democrats are foreign policy 'Tweedledee and Tweedledum'
“No, I like to refer to the Republicans and the Democrats as Tweedledee and Tweedledum. There's hardly any difference.”
John Mearsheimer Sep 16, 2024 ▶ 2:54 Deep State, Hegemony & U.S. Foreign Policy: John Mearsheimer vs. Jeffrey Sachs | All-In Summit
Nov 1, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Republican early voting in Pennsylvania is up 500,000 over 2020
“It looks like the early voting in Pennsylvania is trending 500,000 votes better For Republicans in the early voting than four years ago.”
David Sacks Nov 1, 2024 ▶ 1:09:35 Inflated GDP?, Google earnings, How the media lost trust, Rogan/Trump search controversy, Election!
Nov 6, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Don Jr.: Only 4 of 100,000 Republicans surveyed named Ukraine top issue
“And since the Ukraine war broke out, I've surveyed Republicans when I speak. If it's 500 people here, 5000 people there you know, I've surveyed over a 100,000 people live in real time where I'll give them the mic. And so far of about a 100,000, maybe a little …”
Donald Trump Jr. Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 6:52 2024 Election Night Livestream with the Besties!
Nov 8, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Republicans could maintain an electoral majority long-term
“If those people stay in control, I think that the Republicans could have an electoral majority as far as the eye can see.”
David Sacks Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 27:08 Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
Jan 19, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cruz: All Democrats and half of Republicans vote for major spending bills
“On any big spending bill, you unfortunately have a bipartisan coalition in favor of spending. You have essentially all the Democrats and about half the Republicans.”
Senator Ted Cruz Jan 19, 2025 ▶ 32:17 Ted Cruz: Trump's First Week, Texas vs. California, Immigration, DOGE, Greenland
Jan 28, 2025 positive
Opinion
Dalio: US is financially better off under Trump than Biden
“Yes, I do believe we are in the financial context, because in terms of profitability and the likelihood of cutting, I think the Republicans are probably more likely to make these moves than the Democrats, but you also have to take into consideration the impact…”
Ray Dalio Jan 28, 2025 ▶ 55:35 Ray Dalio: US Debt Spiral, How to Avoid Disaster | The All-In Interview
Mar 15, 2025 negative
Opinion
Andrew Schulz: Republicans message far better than Democrats due to clearer slogans
“I think this is what Republicans are doing way better than Democrats right now is like Democrats don't have build the wall. They don't have slogans. They don't have things that immediately tap into like core emotional feeling”
Andrew Schulz Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 30:47 Fixing the American Dream with Andrew Schulz
May 25, 2025 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sen. Johnson: Republicans risk losing House and Senate by ignoring spending
“Listen, I'm not, I don't discount the fact that we may lose the House, we may lose the Senate, but I would say we do that because we're not solving these problems. We're going to be looked at as unserious.”
Senator Ron Johnson May 25, 2025 ▶ 53:53 Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview
Jun 13, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Republicans permitted mass immigration to secure cheap labor
“Our government allowed millions of people here, and the Republicans did this specifically in order to get cheap labor.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 38:02 Tucker Carlson: ICE Raids, LA Riots, Strong Economic Data, Politicized Fed, War with Iran?
Jun 13, 2025 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Republicans commit political suicide if they fail to pass reconciliation bill
“I think that Republicans would be committing political suicide if they don't.”
David Sacks Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 1:22:55 Tucker Carlson: ICE Raids, LA Riots, Strong Economic Data, Politicized Fed, War with Iran?
Sep 7, 2025
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: Republicans likely won't limit executive emergency powers under Trump
“Depending on what the Supreme Court does or doesn't do, I think it is going to catalyze a legislative push, and the Republicans are likely not going to embrace it, this presidency or this term, because President Trump is in office.”
David Friedberg Sep 7, 2025 ▶ 39:28 Inside the White House Tech Dinner, Weak Jobs Report, Tariffs Court Challenge, Google Wins Antitrust
Oct 10, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Democrats will shellack Republicans in midterms if tactics continue
“The Democrats are going to shellack the Republicans in the midterms if this continues.”
Jason Calacanis Oct 10, 2025 ▶ 28:57 Trump Brokers Gaza Peace Deal, National Guard in Chicago, OpenAI/AMD, AI Roundtripping, Gold Rally
Oct 30, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Buttigieg: Tech leaders supported Republicans over short-term financial interests
“Many of them feel their short-term business interests or personal financial interests are better served by Republicans.”
Pete Buttigieg Oct 30, 2025 ▶ 4:08 Pete Buttigieg: The Left's Identity Crisis, Wealth Tax, 2024 Mistakes, Plans for 2028
Nov 7, 2025 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Socialists will take over in three years without Republican results
“Otherwise these socialists are going to take over in three years.”
David Sacks Nov 7, 2025 ▶ 1:13:50 Does OpenAI Need a Bailout? Mamdani Wins, Socialism Rising, Filibuster Nuclear Option
Nov 14, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: Republicans must navigate housing affordability to win midterms
“I think that this is the keystone topic that has to be navigated correctly for the Republicans to win the midterms.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 14, 2025 ▶ 22:38 Home Affordability Crisis, Palantir's Advantage, Big Short on AI, H-1B Abuse, Solar Storm Hits Earth
Mar 6, 2026 negative
Opinion
Chamath: Anthropic lost Republicans and will lose progressive Democrats too
“It's clear that Anthropic just lost all the Republicans, but I think that if they think that they have the Democrats, that's fleeting as well, because I think progressive Democrats Fundamentally just hate Silicon Valley and technology. And so there's no way th…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 1:01:13 War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
Mar 18, 2026 positive
Opinion
Fetterman says Republicans and MAGA supporters are not Nazis or fascists
“They're not Nazis. They're not fascists. They're not trying to destroy our country.”
John Fetterman Mar 18, 2026 ▶ 8:32 John Fetterman: 'I'm the Only Democrat in Congress Saying This'
May 15, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Marc Benioff states he is neither a Democrat nor a Republican
“I'm not a Democrat or Republican. I am an American.”
Marc Benioff May 15, 2026 ▶ 0:52 Trump-Xi Summit, Benioff: "Not My First SaaSpocalypse," OpenAI vs Apple, Multi-Sensory AI, El Niño
Jun 10, 2026 neutral
Opinion
McCormick: Republicans need a strong Democratic Party to keep them honest
“Ironically, the best thing we want if we're Republicans is a strong Democratic Party that keeps Us honest and keeps us in check with good ideas, and that's not happening”
Senator Dave McCormick Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 22:43 Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick: Bipartisanship, Money in DC, Datacenters, Graham Platner
Aug 21, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: Fox News poll shows Republican support for capitalism dropped to 61%
“July, twenty-twenty-six, Fox News poll found that 61% of Republicans view capitalism favorably down from 72% In 2019, while the share who feels strongly favorable has fallen from 54 to 41%, the share who say the system is rigged towards the wealthy has climbed…”
David Friedberg Aug 21, 2026 ▶ 1:07:00 Dario Defends Himself, Datacenter Panic, AI Doomer Trap, Senate Toss-Up
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