Mark Levin Podcast – 4/9/26 – “Mark Levin EXPOSES 'Conservative' Voices Out to Get Trump”
Date: April 10, 2026
Host: Mark Levin (Cumulus Podcast Network)
Main Guest: Buck Sexton
Episode Overview
This episode of the Mark Levin Podcast focuses on Levin’s deeply critical look at so-called “conservative” media voices and figures who, he contends, are actively working against Donald Trump and undermining the MAGA movement. Levin reads and reacts to Donald Trump’s latest, incendiary social media post directly targeting populist right-wing commentators like Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones, accusing them of betrayal and grifting. Levin also rebuts media critiques of Trump’s foreign policy on Iran, calls out Democrats and left-leaning institutions, and hosts Buck Sexton—whose new book deals with mass-delusion propaganda tactics used by both left and right.
The episode is fiercely combative, unapologetically pro-Trump, and full of characteristically biting commentary as Levin warns of internal threats from self-interested personalities claiming the conservative mantle.
Key Discussion Points and Insights
1. Trump vs. Media Personalities: The Woke-Right ‘Neo-Fascists’
[02:14-20:06]
- Levin Introduces Trump’s Statement:
- Levin presents Donald Trump’s new social post condemning prominent alternative right-wing personalities (Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones) as disloyal, low-IQ, and self-serving.
- Accusation that these figures, though formerly aligned with MAGA, now attack Trump out of personal profit and are lauded by leftist media.
- Levin reads the entire statement aloud, declines to add commentary, asserting, “I think it says everything that needs to be said.”
- Levin Commentary:
- Frames these attacks as “deeply damaging” to conservative unity and electoral prospects.
- “They’re getting rich attacking [Trump], undermining him and under the foulest, foulest kind of commentary.” (Levin, [08:47])
- Asserts that the real threat is not Trump or “the establishment” but grifters on the right who “will cost us the election.”
- Critique of Republican/‘Conservative’ Grifters:
- Calls them “grifters,” “useful idiots to the media,” “morons” whose conspiracies and bigotry enable left-wing attacks on conservatism.
- Specifically singles out Alex Jones for Sandy Hook denial, Bannon for criminal fraud, Carlson for alleged foreign (Qatari) influence, and Marjorie Taylor Greene for anti-Semitic comments.
Memorable Quotes:
- “These people are really grifters. They really are…Trump hasn't changed…He's put up with a hell of a lot more than a lot of us.” – Mark Levin ([08:10])
- “The vitriol against him from this woke right neo-fascist wing has been horrendous, horrendous.” – Mark Levin ([09:30])
2. Media Critique, Iran Policy, and Leadership
[20:12-39:44]
- Levin’s Media Appearance on Martha MacCallum’s Show:
- Levin rebuts mainstream criticism of Trump’s Iran policy, dismissing editorial boards as “six guys sitting in a skyscraper.”
- Praises Trump’s decisiveness on Iran, emphasizes his position is unique in 50 years: “He said enough is enough. We’re going to take care of this nuclear issue…They’re dead men walking.” ([22:35])
- On ceasefire: “Who am I? I wouldn’t have done it, but he’s done it and he’s smarter than I am.” ([24:07])
- Reasserts the need to finish off the Iranian regime but affirms Trump deserves trust on foreign policy.
- Media Ecosystem and Conservative Sites:
- Skewers sites such as Mediaite and Drudge Report as leeching off real content, manipulating context, and catering to the lowest impulses of the online audience.
- Sharp barbs aimed at specific writers (e.g., Colby Hall) for “barely coherent,” “stupid,” “thin-skinned” media takes.
Notable Quotes:
- “The question is whether we let it live, whether we allow it to breathe life into it. And that’s why these negotiations are critical.” – Mark Levin ([22:54])
- “He’s been up against the Democrats…woke…media…U.N.…NATO…and he’s doing the right thing.” – Mark Levin ([23:15])
3. Democrat Opposition and Congressional Corruption
[39:44-57:23]
- Spotlighting Democrats’ Iran Attacks:
- Rips into Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Ro Khanna for attacking Trump’s Iran strategy (“scam burger” nickname for VA’s Governor).
- “So the Democrats right now would withdraw, they’d leave Iran alone…Heavily funded…that regime would exist…” – Mark Levin ([42:10])
- Ro Khanna’s Financial Windfall:
- Details of Khanna’s strikingly successful AI stock trades as a congressman—outperforming even Nancy Pelosi and the S&P 500.
- Levin accuses Khanna of “crooked behavior” and demands media scrutiny (“Do we have to run for Congress to become rich?” [54:28])
- Media Hypocrisy:
- Notes how left-leaning journalists only focus on Republican business dealings, ignoring Democrats’ financial gains.
4. Right-Wing Outliers and Internal Saboteurs
[57:23-75:30]
- Attack on Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alex Jones:
- Airs clips of MTG with Alex Jones, denounces her “burn down the Republican Party” rhetoric and antisemitic tropes about AIPAC.
- “So the Congress, the Republicans, are controlled by the Jews. How racist and anti Semitic is that? How, how stupid is that?” – Mark Levin ([73:11])
- Reiterates Trump’s “deplatforming” of toxic voices, compares it to Buckley’s condemnation of the John Birch Society.
Notable Quote:
- “The president has thrown them out of MAGA. He’s made it abundantly clear…none of them contributed to it. You want to know the truth? They benefited from it.” – Mark Levin ([74:39])
5. Buck Sexton Interview: Propaganda, Brainwashing, and Societal Manipulation
[86:02-110:32]
- Introduction and Book Discussion:
- Buck Sexton recounts his CIA background and motivation for his book, Manufacturing Delusion—on mass-formation and psychological operations in media and politics.
- Discussion on historical roots of propaganda, mass delusion, and techniques described by Pavlov, the Soviets, and Communist China.
- “If we keep people in a constant state of fear…we can effectively rewire the masses.” – Buck Sexton ([92:51])
- Modern Brainwashing Tactics:
- How “coercive persuasion,” forced confessions, and public recantations have analogues in today’s academic, media, and social environments.
- Focus on leftist mass-indoctrination (gender ideology, climate fear, anti-American narratives), but Sexton issues a warning: collectivist delusion and radicalization is emerging in far-right circles as well.
- Cult of Personality and Show Trials:
- Discusses Stalin, Lenin, the history of show trials and enforced confession, connecting these tactics to contemporary leftist mob dynamics (e.g., forced apologies, cancel culture).
- AI and Disinformation:
- Sexton and Levin warn of looming dangers from AI-driven propaganda, deepfakes, and foreign psychological operations targeting western societies.
Notable Quotes:
- “There are those things. But the right has started to get a little crazy too.” – Buck Sexton ([100:38])
- “This is a great book…awakening people is critical, because this is swirling around us every damn day.” – Mark Levin ([109:47])
- “Mark, I have to say, unfortunately, the radio in the wrong hands can be very Mao…mass psychosis coinciding with mass media.” – Buck Sexton ([103:00])
Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments
- “You have a lot of these people who now have these sites…getting very rich claiming to be conservative, claiming to be MAGA…yet they’re getting rich attacking him, undermining him and under the foulest, foulest kind of commentary.” – Mark Levin ([08:35])
- "They're not MAGA, writes the President. They're losers just trying to latch on to MAGA..." – Mark Levin reading Trump’s post ([11:45])
- “We need to punish a party that roots for the enemy. We need to punish a party that undermines our troops in the middle of a war.” – Mark Levin ([27:36])
- “What has any of them done for conservatism? …They hate the Republican Party. And yet that’s our choice, right? We fight in the primaries, we try to defeat the establishment, we try to nominate conservatives, constitutional conservatives.” – Mark Levin ([31:19])
- “This audience is big enough. You understand exactly what I’m talking about.” – Mark Levin to listeners ([36:22])
- "Do we actually have to run for Congress to become rich?" – Mark Levin ([54:28])
- “She wanted to run for the Senate…he said, you can’t win. I’m not going to do that. So she turned on him. …She’s a buffoon.” – Mark Levin on Marjorie Taylor Greene ([80:58])
- “If we keep people in a constant state of fear…we can effectively rewire the masses.” – Buck Sexton ([92:51])
Important Timestamps
- [02:14] – "Trump Vs. Right-Wing Media: MAGA Betrayers" segment begins
- [09:30-15:00] – Reading and response to Trump’s social media post attacking Carlson, Kelly, Owens, Jones
- [22:15, 24:07] – Iran policy defense and rebuke of mainstream editorialists
- [39:44] – Back from ad, focus shifts to Democrat attacks and Ro Khanna’s finances
- [54:28] – Levin exposes Ro Khanna’s stock trading windfall
- [62:18] – MTG and Alex Jones segment, “burn down the GOP” charge
- [73:11] – Levin denounces anti-Semitic conspiracies in the MAGA sphere
- [86:02] – Buck Sexton interview begins ("Manufacturing Delusion" book discussion)
- [92:51] – Mass fear, propaganda history, Soviet/Chinese tactics
- [100:35-102:07] – Sexton: Modern mass delusion—left and right
- [109:47] – Invitation for Buck Sexton to return and warning about “delusion swirling around us every damn day”
Summary
Mark Levin uses this episode to launch a multi-pronged defense of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement, targeting both external (Democratic, media, academic) and internal (iconoclastic right-wing media) threats. He argues that posturing contrarians like Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones are motivated by money and attention, not principle, and that their performative critique is actively harmful to conservative unity and electoral prospects.
The latter half of the episode pivots to a thoughtful discussion with Buck Sexton, offering listeners an education in the mechanics of mass propaganda, the vulnerability of both left and right to psychological manipulation, and a warning about the unprecedented power of AI to spread brainwashing and societal division.
Throughout the show, Levin reaffirms his faith in Trump’s leadership, encourages political cohesion on the right, calls for accountability for both left- and right-wing grifters, and urges his audience to develop an educated skepticism toward all mass-media narratives, regardless of political source.
The tone is combative, sometimes caustic, yet occasionally introspective, with a throughline that unity and vigilance are essential for the future of American conservatism.
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