Summary of Welcome to "The Villages" | Chapo Trap House | Episode 221 CLIP

00:00:00 - 00:30:00

The Chapo Trap House podcast discusses a video about "The Villages," a small town in Florida that is home to a large number of white people. The video discusses how the attitudes of the villagers towards immigrants and other minorities have gotten out of hand. The podcast discusses how the residents of "The Villages" have always been like this and that they will always be this way. They also discuss how monstrous it is that these people think they are defending some city on a hill.

• 00:00:00 The Villages is a retirement community in Florida that gave Trump nearly 70% of the vote in the 2016 election. It is a Republican stronghold, and its residents are generally wealthy and white. The article discusses how Trump supporters are found there, and how they are different from other Trump voters.
• 00:05:00 The Villages is a luxurious, comfortable community where the median home price is over $250,000, and the residents overwhelmingly support President Donald Trump. Some of the residents interviewed expressed concerns about the economy and policy, but they are largely focused on issues outside of their everyday lives, such as the fight against immigration and terrorist threats.
• 00:10:00 In Chapo Trap House's "Welcome to 'The Villages'" episode, the hosts discuss how the residents of "The Villages" have always been like this and that they will always be this way. They also discuss how monstrous it is that these people think they are defending some city on a hill. This is the culture that they are willing to kill the world for. One recurring phrase from veterans at the post is that they are 100% behind Trump even though they might quibble with his tweets or policies. Finally, a 69-year-old villager from Rock Hill, South Carolina, all Obama did was play golf when Chapo Trap House's host pointed out that Trump plays more golf than Obama did. When Obama is done with golf, he gets in the Oval Office and watches Fox News.
• 00:15:00 The Villages is a small town in Florida that is home to a large number of white people. Chapo Trap House discusses how the attitudes of the villagers towards immigrants and other minorities have gotten out of hand. The first speaker in the church's God and Country series is Alex Newman, a journalist with the far right John Birch Society magazine. Newman's topic is the socialist globalist atheist conspiracy led by the United Nations and the government school.
• 00:20:00 The Villages is a brainwashing system that is using American children to abandon their churches and rely on CNN for their information. The John Birch Society was founded in the late 50s and early 60s, and has been involved in conspiracy theories ever since. The video's speaker, Newman, observes that the right has never been more unified, and that the conspiracy theory of manmade climate change is a hoax. Newman also notes that the John Birch Society is just a "venerable conspiracy minded like crazy organization" that will always show up in some part of the book. Newman warns that the John Birch Society will eventually die out, as their younger followers grow older and realize the truth about climate change.
• 00:25:00 The Chapo Trap House discusses the "Welcome to 'The Villages'" video, which features radical individuals ineligible for employment by any of the vendors serving the villages. These protesters are trying to cause harm to the villages and cannot be tolerated. Jonathan Chait points out that this is a familiar archetype in American politics, with voters who have "done really well for themselves to their lives" often being resistant to change. The Chapo Trap House discusses how confrontational liberal thought is only going to make these people more conservative, and how the most insulated people are often the most deeply brainwashed.
• 00:30:00 The Chapo Trap House podcast discusses the idea of "swine voters," or Republicans who are ideologically motivated to oppose President Trump. The hosts discuss the idea that these voters are responsible for Trump's high approval rating within the Republican party. They also discuss the idea that these voters are the reason why Trump has been successful in his policies so far.