WEBVTT - Our Dying Democracy

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, Peepsen. Welcome to will g F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl, Danielle Moody, recording from the home bunker, Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to start off this week with kind of

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<v Speaker 1>giving a recap to the healthscape that Republicans are creating

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<v Speaker 1>for Americans. What's troubling to me at this time, as

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<v Speaker 1>we are just a hand hand full of weeks, like

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks until the midterm elections, is that Democrats once

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<v Speaker 1>again are not doing the type of loud, microphone, megaphone,

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<v Speaker 1>fucking burn the house down messaging that needs to happen

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<v Speaker 1>in order to really signal and identify to the American

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<v Speaker 1>people what it is that Republicans want to do in

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<v Speaker 1>this country. And so today I kind of want to

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<v Speaker 1>stick with a couple of points that are happening right

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<v Speaker 1>now that are happening underneath the radar, folks are not

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<v Speaker 1>paying attention to. I'm doing multiple videos screaming from the

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<v Speaker 1>rooftops every week. So here we go. First off, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to bring your attention to what the Texas Public

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<v Speaker 1>School Board is doing. So last week they announced that

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<v Speaker 1>they were going to be mailing home in Texas DNA

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<v Speaker 1>kits two parents and caregivers so that they could identify

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<v Speaker 1>their children in the event of an emergency. Now I

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<v Speaker 1>want to pause for one second and say, what in

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<v Speaker 1>the entire fuck this is so problematic on a number

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<v Speaker 1>of levels, But let's just start with level one. Level

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<v Speaker 1>one being that instead of creating gun safety measures in

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<v Speaker 1>the state of Texas, which Greg Abbott, the governor, has decided,

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<v Speaker 1>oh to hell with, you know, will erase the age requirement,

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<v Speaker 1>will allow anyone to get a gun with absolutely no

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<v Speaker 1>waiting period whatsoever, because you know, the more guns the better.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't matter that you had nineteen children gun down in

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<v Speaker 1>their classroom. It doesn't matter that store shoppers who are

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<v Speaker 1>a gun down in El Paso. It doesn't matter any

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<v Speaker 1>any of the fucking violence and mass shootings that have

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<v Speaker 1>happened in Texas to get this governor to think to himself,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe just maybe we don't take people's guns away, but

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<v Speaker 1>maybe we make it a little bit more difficult for

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<v Speaker 1>these motherfuckers to get a gun than it is to

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<v Speaker 1>get a slurpee from seven to eleven. I digress. The

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<v Speaker 1>reality here, though, for parents basically is what the State

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<v Speaker 1>of Texas is signaling is just like, we're not going

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<v Speaker 1>to do anything. Right, you are basically ending your children

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<v Speaker 1>to school on a hope and a prayer that they

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<v Speaker 1>will return alive at the end of the school day. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna fucking roll the dice, and on top of

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<v Speaker 1>doing so, because we know the ways in which aar

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<v Speaker 1>fifteens rip through bodies and essentially render them unrecognizable. We're

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<v Speaker 1>just gonna give you this little kid that you can

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<v Speaker 1>swab in your kids and send it off to some

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<v Speaker 1>fucking lab in Texas and then you'll be able to

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<v Speaker 1>identify them later. What that's level one. Let me bring

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<v Speaker 1>you to level two. Level two is who the fuck

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be in control of that DNA, because

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<v Speaker 1>I sure as hell don't want anyone in Texas being

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<v Speaker 1>in control of my DNA right because they have a

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<v Speaker 1>funny way of you know, using it to arrest people,

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<v Speaker 1>to drop DNA at crime scenes, to I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>search and find people that are documented and then ship

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<v Speaker 1>them off. I have no idea, but you think the

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<v Speaker 1>worst of it, and that's probably what is happening in Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>In no way, shape or form does it make sense

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<v Speaker 1>for this state to be asking parents and caregivers for

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<v Speaker 1>DNA samples. No way, No way does that assuage the

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<v Speaker 1>fear and anxiety that parents already have in sending their

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<v Speaker 1>kids to school knowing that they may not come home.

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<v Speaker 1>No way does it feel safe or good to have

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<v Speaker 1>the state of Texas that has, you know, this desire

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<v Speaker 1>to lock up as many black and brown people as possible,

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<v Speaker 1>having your DNA that they can again put anywhere, do

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<v Speaker 1>anything with. So if you are living in Texas, my

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<v Speaker 1>advice to you do not give them your DNA, your

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<v Speaker 1>child's DNA, don't give them your fucking cat or dog's DNA,

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<v Speaker 1>because this is the beginning of some bizarre, fucking nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty four black mirror future that we don't want. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So that's the first story that is like, oh my god, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm David. Plots of Slates Political Gabfest. As another election

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<v Speaker 1>John Dickerson, Emily Bathalona and I decipher the headlines, break

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<v Speaker 1>We do not always agree, We definitely do not always agree,

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<v Speaker 1>episodes every Thursday. The second one is this one, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>let me bring your attention back to it is that

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<v Speaker 1>House Republicans are doing. And again we talked about this

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<v Speaker 1>last week Friday, which is that media once again is

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<v Speaker 1>portraying the midterm elections as some type of horse race,

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<v Speaker 1>some type of sporting event, as opposed to the existential

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<v Speaker 1>crisis that it is for our democracy. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>can recall sitting in my middle school auditorium, all gathered

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<v Speaker 1>in to watch Schindler's List, and I remember watching this

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<v Speaker 1>film with my classmates and thinking to myself, how could

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<v Speaker 1>this possibly happen? It's just the question that kept going

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<v Speaker 1>through my head. How do you allow your neighbors, store clerks,

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<v Speaker 1>friends to be carted off and murdered by the state.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you honestly just go about your day and

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<v Speaker 1>think that this isn't absolutely crazy and outrageous. There was

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<v Speaker 1>a scene in Schindler's List that I remember so vividly

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<v Speaker 1>because I only watched that film once. This was not

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<v Speaker 1>something that much like Roots, much like other really gut

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<v Speaker 1>wrenching stories about world history, violence, pain that like I

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<v Speaker 1>can only stomach so much as a deep EmPATH. But

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<v Speaker 1>there was a scene that I remember which was people

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<v Speaker 1>walking around the streets of Germany and there was flakes

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<v Speaker 1>coming down from the sky, and initially people thought that

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<v Speaker 1>it was snow. It wasn't. It was the ashes coming

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<v Speaker 1>from the crematoriums and the gas chambers that the Germans

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<v Speaker 1>were using to murder six million Jews. It was this

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<v Speaker 1>scene where you saw people kind of going about their

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<v Speaker 1>day to day and then you see all of these

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<v Speaker 1>flakes that are coming down, but you see they weren't

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<v Speaker 1>melting when they were hitting the ground because it was ashes,

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<v Speaker 1>human ashes that were coming down from the sky. So

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<v Speaker 1>as I'm watching the scene as a young person again,

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<v Speaker 1>the question in my head that no teacher could ever

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<v Speaker 1>answer was how did this country allow this to happen? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you allow things to happen? Well, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>make a big deal of it. It isn't a headline, right,

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<v Speaker 1>It's just casual headlines about Germany and about Hitler taking

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<v Speaker 1>over this country and the troops moving in here. But

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<v Speaker 1>it isn't constant headlines about the threat, the violence, the terror,

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<v Speaker 1>the killings, the rapes, the murders of babies that are

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<v Speaker 1>happening each and every day. No, those weren't in the headlines.

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<v Speaker 1>As a matter of fact, as Hitler was extinguishing the

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<v Speaker 1>fucking Jewish population and the population of also academics and

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<v Speaker 1>other undesirables, the New York Times was doing a fucking

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<v Speaker 1>home and garden tour with Hitler. He likes long walks,

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<v Speaker 1>he likes plants. That's how they were talking about him

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<v Speaker 1>in American press and media as he was over in

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<v Speaker 1>Germany setting up concentration camps. So how does this happen, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the media has to be complicit, That's how it happens.

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<v Speaker 1>While Germany decided after World War Two to have to

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<v Speaker 1>conduct the Nuremberg Trials and to embed in their history

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<v Speaker 1>this obscene point in time where heinous crimes against humanity

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<v Speaker 1>were committed, that they embedded this in the history of

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<v Speaker 1>the nation so as never to repeat it. There are

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<v Speaker 1>monuments all over Germany to the Holocaust as a consistent reminder. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>as we watch our democracy die, as we wake up

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<v Speaker 1>every day to headlines that do not convey the gravity

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<v Speaker 1>of the situation that the United States, and by virtue,

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<v Speaker 1>the world, is in because I continue to say, and

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<v Speaker 1>I tweet and I record this. Has anybody thought about

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<v Speaker 1>what happens when Republicans not only take over Congress, but

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<v Speaker 1>take over the presidency, and that the United States is

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<v Speaker 1>no longer a democracy but realigned in this new formulated

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<v Speaker 1>access of evil with Russia, with Hungary, with the fucking

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<v Speaker 1>Mussolini light over in Italy. Has anybody thought about what

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<v Speaker 1>would have happened in World War Two had the United

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<v Speaker 1>States been forced into war in order to stop Hitler.

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<v Speaker 1>What would have happened. It wouldn't have been six million,

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it would have been twelve. Maybe they would have

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<v Speaker 1>never stopped. Maybe there would be no Jewish person right

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<v Speaker 1>living today, which is what Hitler wanted, if there had

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<v Speaker 1>been no United States to gather up our fun and

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<v Speaker 1>allies and take that motherfucker out. Has anybody thought about

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<v Speaker 1>what it looks like when America is no longer in

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<v Speaker 1>the game of democracy and human decency and human rights,

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<v Speaker 1>when we're actually the ones that are setting the pace

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<v Speaker 1>for just how many rights that you can take away,

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<v Speaker 1>just how you can utilize your military in a way

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<v Speaker 1>to beat back dissension, and that they are taking the

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<v Speaker 1>pages from the books of China and Iran and other

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<v Speaker 1>places to oppress people and depress people in a way

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<v Speaker 1>that we no longer cease to be a nation of

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<v Speaker 1>liberty and freedom. And look, you think I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>that America is imperfect beyond imperfect. I'm a black, queer

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<v Speaker 1>woman in America. I know all too well. But the

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<v Speaker 1>reality is is that we are the closest in the

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<v Speaker 1>world to that idea of democracy that we try and

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<v Speaker 1>perfect with each and every generation. So how is it

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<v Speaker 1>that at this point in time, seventy percent of Americans

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<v Speaker 1>believe that our democracy is at stake? We've been identified

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty one for the first time in the

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<v Speaker 1>history of the United States since backsliding democracies have been identified,

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<v Speaker 1>that we are now a backsliding democracy. But then sixty

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<v Speaker 1>percent of the countries looking around and saying, ah, but

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<v Speaker 1>gas prices are too high and the cost of food

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<v Speaker 1>is too high. So I'm gonna go with Republicans that

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<v Speaker 1>do what exactly, not a fucking thing to help you,

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<v Speaker 1>and never have. But instead of once again identifying the

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<v Speaker 1>villain for what the villain is trying to do, you

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<v Speaker 1>have democrats stumbling fumbling the fucking ball that was given

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<v Speaker 1>to them literally by Republicans when they decided to overturn

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<v Speaker 1>fifty year fucking precedent with Roe v. Wade. Now, all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden, white women are like, well, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>taken away my rights to an abortion and bodily autonomy

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<v Speaker 1>is not so bad because my gas prices are so high.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that that's more important, And that's the way

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm going to fucking vote. You know what I

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<v Speaker 1>need right now? I need white Americans to vote in

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<v Speaker 1>a way that isn't so goddamn self centered and think

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<v Speaker 1>that they are going to be protected by virtue of

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<v Speaker 1>their whiteness. I guess so if you do what millions

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<v Speaker 1>of Germans did, which was just you know, close your mouth,

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<v Speaker 1>close your eyes, and align yourself with Hitler in order

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<v Speaker 1>to protect your own ass, I guess that that will

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<v Speaker 1>be the way until all of a sudden, you're some

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<v Speaker 1>high identified by a neighbor, by a friend, by a

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<v Speaker 1>family member that says no, no, no, right. I saw

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<v Speaker 1>them sending a letter to this person, I saw them

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<v Speaker 1>giving money to this person. They're the enemy of the state,

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<v Speaker 1>and then they come and lock your ass up as

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<v Speaker 1>well or worse, what Republicans are coming after right now

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<v Speaker 1>is low hanging fruit fruit that they think that nobody

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<v Speaker 1>gives a fuck about. That's how they start until they

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<v Speaker 1>get to the place where they're coming for you, Martin Namoller, Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>the poem first they came for. So here's the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that Republicans are doing right now that again is not

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<v Speaker 1>getting the national attention that it needs because the fucking

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<v Speaker 1>media just follows the bouncing ball that Republicans throw out. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats don't want Biden on the trail, Let's do eighty

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<v Speaker 1>five stories about that, as opposed to all of the

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<v Speaker 1>fucking anti LGBT, ant high women, anti black, fucking bills

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<v Speaker 1>that Republicans are putting out. Let's talk about whether or

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<v Speaker 1>not Democrats like Biden. Are you fucking dumb? So here

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<v Speaker 1>we are. House Republicans have introduced legislation and this I

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<v Speaker 1>am reading from MPR that some critics are describing as

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<v Speaker 1>a quote national don't say gay bill, And this is

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<v Speaker 1>what they are seeking to do. The measure was introduced

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<v Speaker 1>by Representative Mike Johnson from Louisiana, has thirty two Republican

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<v Speaker 1>co sponsors, and this is what this piece of shit says.

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<v Speaker 1>Quote the Democratic Party and their cultural allies are on

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<v Speaker 1>a misguided crusade to immerse young children in sexual imagery

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<v Speaker 1>and radical gender ideology. The bill, called the Stop the

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<v Speaker 1>Sexualization of Children Act, aims to prohibit the use of

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<v Speaker 1>federal funds to develop, implement, facilitate, or fund any sexual

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<v Speaker 1>orientated program, event, or literature for children under the age

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<v Speaker 1>of ten, and for other purposes. But listen to this.

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<v Speaker 1>The language in the proposed legislation lumps together topics of

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<v Speaker 1>sexual orientation and gender identity with sexual content such as

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<v Speaker 1>pornography and stripping. Because you see what Republicans have always

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<v Speaker 1>thought of the LGBTQ community and why their fucking savior

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<v Speaker 1>Reagan decided to, let you know, tens of thousands of

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<v Speaker 1>gay people die in the nineteen eighties from the HIV

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<v Speaker 1>AID crisis, is that they've always thought that we are

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<v Speaker 1>somehow marked by the devil, that we are just in

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<v Speaker 1>one big sexual cabal trying to take up children, steal

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<v Speaker 1>them from their parents, and turn them gay. Funny enough,

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<v Speaker 1>the same motherfuckers are the ones that didn't do dick

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<v Speaker 1>when it came to the Catholic Church and them actually

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<v Speaker 1>sexualizing tens of thousands of children over the course of years.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't pay fucking taxes, right, religiously exempt, and have

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<v Speaker 1>all the good will in order to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>perversely brutalize and abuse your fucking children. Tell me when

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<v Speaker 1>there has been a case right where there has been oh,

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<v Speaker 1>a drag queen reading a story to your children that

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<v Speaker 1>has somehow turned into abuse. No, it has been at

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<v Speaker 1>the hands of these organizations that are lifted up by

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<v Speaker 1>conservatives that somehow, somehow end up in sexual abuse scandals.

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<v Speaker 1>Looking at you, boy Scouts, and you see the foolishness,

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<v Speaker 1>the fuckery that is inside of the Republican brain would

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<v Speaker 1>have you believe that if you are sexualizing children of

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<v Speaker 1>the same sex and somehow you are gay, No, you

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<v Speaker 1>are not. You are a fucking predator. Right, much in

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<v Speaker 1>the same way that they don't know how a woman's

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<v Speaker 1>body works or how pregnancy works, they actually don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how fucking predators work, which they should because their entire

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<v Speaker 1>fucking party is filled with them. The bill complains that

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<v Speaker 1>some school districts have implemented sex ed programming for kids

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<v Speaker 1>under ten, and that many newly implemented sexual education curriculums

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<v Speaker 1>encourage discussion of sexuality, sexual orientation, transgenderism, and gender ideology

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<v Speaker 1>as early as kindergarten. Let me tell you something. Books,

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<v Speaker 1>literature that talks about different types of families, that talk

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<v Speaker 1>about different types of feelings, that allow children at an

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<v Speaker 1>age appropriate reading to understand themselves and the world around them,

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<v Speaker 1>is not sexualized. Do you know what is sexualized? Fucking

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<v Speaker 1>baby onesies in stores that say lady killer right, the

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<v Speaker 1>oppressed of nature that heteronormativity places in our shopping aisles,

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<v Speaker 1>in our school system. What we are looking to do,

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<v Speaker 1>those that believe in equity and justice, is to create

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<v Speaker 1>a society where all people are accepted as they are,

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<v Speaker 1>not as you perceive them to be or as you

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<v Speaker 1>tell them that they should be. It is about dignity

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<v Speaker 1>and fucking respect. Gagging children, however, and telling them that

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<v Speaker 1>they can't talk about who their families are or who

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<v Speaker 1>they are as they identify, and criminalizing them because of

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<v Speaker 1>it is what actual abuse fucking looks like. When we

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<v Speaker 1>see the numbers of LGBTQ suicides going through the roof,

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<v Speaker 1>which they have always been higher than the national average,

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<v Speaker 1>that is what fucking child abuse looks like. Denying children

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<v Speaker 1>gender affirming care, healthcare and recognition of who they are.

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<v Speaker 1>That is what abuse looks like. Throwing parents in jail

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<v Speaker 1>for wanting to affirm and love their children for who

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<v Speaker 1>they are and not who you want them to be.

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<v Speaker 1>That is what child abuse looks like. We're enrolling your

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<v Speaker 1>child in a church program that would beat the gay

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<v Speaker 1>out of them and tell them that they are worthless

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<v Speaker 1>if they don't embrace heteronormativity is what the fuck abuse

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<v Speaker 1>looks like. Allowing administrators and teachers to discriminate and demean

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<v Speaker 1>children who are asking for dignity and respecting the classroom

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<v Speaker 1>by virtue of identifying them by the pronouns that they

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<v Speaker 1>use is what abuse looks like. So you tell me

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<v Speaker 1>why the fuck Democrats just can't say that, here's what

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<v Speaker 1>abuse looks like and list out all of the ways

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<v Speaker 1>that the Republican Party is not only harming LGBTQ children,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, instead of giving them I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>gun safety policy, we're giving you DNA kids. You want

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about the party of child abuse, look no

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<v Speaker 1>further than the Republican Party and all of the sex

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<v Speaker 1>traffickers and offenders that they wrap their arms around. Fundamentally,

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<v Speaker 1>we are trying to create a society that respects and

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<v Speaker 1>shows dignity for all people, not just the people you

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<v Speaker 1>fucking like. So the fact that we cannot articulate that

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<v Speaker 1>truth to the American public very clearly. And let me

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<v Speaker 1>tell you something, I am not in the business of

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<v Speaker 1>not all Republicans. If you are identify with today's Republican Party,

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<v Speaker 1>if you proudly rock that ard, then you are a

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<v Speaker 1>fucking racist. You are a homophobe, You are a transphobe,

0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:11.760
<v Speaker 1>you are an islamophobe. You are not a patriot. You

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<v Speaker 1>are a white nationalist, period point fucking black. Because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't see Marjory tailor Green or these other motherfuckers part

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<v Speaker 1>and parceling and saying not all Democrats know when they

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<v Speaker 1>get up on a microphone they say that Democrats are

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<v Speaker 1>trying to kill us. Funny because they're the only ones

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<v Speaker 1>that are putting crosshairs over the faces of their Democratic opponents.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see any language or hear any language that

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats use that look to paint their Republican opponents as

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<v Speaker 1>their enemy at war. I see only one fucking party

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<v Speaker 1>doing that. So let's just tell the truth. I say

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<v Speaker 1>this all the goddamn time. It's not that hard. Do

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<v Speaker 1>not waste your time contorting yourself into a place to

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<v Speaker 1>say not all Republicans and there are some good Republicans, No,

0:24:03.760 --> 0:24:07.720
<v Speaker 1>there are not. They are all part of the same

0:24:07.760 --> 0:24:15.160
<v Speaker 1>fucking poisoned orchard that when they have their way, this

0:24:15.240 --> 0:24:20.680
<v Speaker 1>country will look worse than it did in nineteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>They are trying to create a climate of desperation that

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<v Speaker 1>will turn neighbor against neighbor in order to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to pick up the little crumbs that the one percent

0:24:31.600 --> 0:24:34.760
<v Speaker 1>will leave behind. This is not the fucking country that

0:24:34.840 --> 0:24:38.520
<v Speaker 1>we want, and it's only heading in one direction, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's because of the Republican Party. So if you are

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<v Speaker 1>not identifying them as the villains, as the enemies of democracy,

0:24:48.160 --> 0:24:52.160
<v Speaker 1>the enemies of progress, the enemies of family, of freedom,

0:24:52.240 --> 0:24:55.959
<v Speaker 1>and of love, then what are you doing. You're wasting

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<v Speaker 1>my fucking time and the very little time that we

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<v Speaker 1>not in a good place. We haven't been in a

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<v Speaker 1>good place probably since Obama left office. Right, let's all

0:25:44.680 --> 0:25:50.240
<v Speaker 1>just be clear. But the problem of the Obama presidency

0:25:50.760 --> 0:25:54.879
<v Speaker 1>is this. We didn't create the pipeline, the megaphone. We

0:25:55.080 --> 0:26:01.160
<v Speaker 1>didn't start to institutionalize the ideas of progress and justice

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<v Speaker 1>for all. We didn't tell people to go run at

0:26:04.080 --> 0:26:06.160
<v Speaker 1>the school board level, to go run at the city

0:26:06.200 --> 0:26:11.240
<v Speaker 1>council level. Right. We made Democrats made folks believe that, oh,

0:26:11.280 --> 0:26:15.240
<v Speaker 1>everything happens at the national level. No, if we had

0:26:15.240 --> 0:26:18.080
<v Speaker 1>it in our mind to have the national type of

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<v Speaker 1>takeover that Republicans are instituting now and have been doing

0:26:22.440 --> 0:26:25.560
<v Speaker 1>blanketing the country oh the last couple of decades. If

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<v Speaker 1>we use the power and the megaphone that Obama had

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<v Speaker 1>while we were in office to get good people to

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<v Speaker 1>run for office at the state and local level, to

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<v Speaker 1>introduce curriculum and policies right that couldn't be stripped away.

0:26:42.600 --> 0:26:45.920
<v Speaker 1>We wouldn't be here right now. But we were too

0:26:46.000 --> 0:26:49.440
<v Speaker 1>busy patting ourselves on the back in the early two

0:26:49.440 --> 0:26:51.800
<v Speaker 1>thousand saying, oh, we're post racial, Oh we did it.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't, And now we're in the fight for our

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<v Speaker 1>fucking lives. So my call to action to all of you.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that you are registered to vote. I know

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<v Speaker 1>many of you have probably already early voted in your states.

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<v Speaker 1>What I need you to do with the time, the treasure,

0:27:08.320 --> 0:27:12.359
<v Speaker 1>and the treasure and the talent that you have is

0:27:12.520 --> 0:27:15.600
<v Speaker 1>get as many young people to vote in this midterm election.

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<v Speaker 1>Get your kids to call their friends, get them to

0:27:18.720 --> 0:27:22.720
<v Speaker 1>do tiktoks about it, get them to connect. I need

0:27:22.760 --> 0:27:27.560
<v Speaker 1>as many older people right to tell them that Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>take over power. And guess what, you're losing Social Security

0:27:30.160 --> 0:27:32.960
<v Speaker 1>and Medicaid because those are the two big entitlements that

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<v Speaker 1>they are coming for. They're telling you that you're too expensive,

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<v Speaker 1>that the years in decades that you poured into our

0:27:39.760 --> 0:27:43.600
<v Speaker 1>economy you're never going to get back. They're gonna pocket it. Instead,

0:27:44.520 --> 0:27:48.840
<v Speaker 1>wake people up. Do what you can with what it

0:27:48.920 --> 0:27:51.680
<v Speaker 1>is that you have. If we all did that, then

0:27:51.720 --> 0:27:55.280
<v Speaker 1>we stand a fighting chance. And right now that's what

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<v Speaker 1>we need. Fighters, warriors for justice, reminding ourselves that we,

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<v Speaker 1>dear friends, are the real patriots. We are the ones

0:28:05.440 --> 0:28:09.119
<v Speaker 1>that are defending democracy, that are defending this country. But

0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:11.479
<v Speaker 1>we can't do it with lip service alone. We need

0:28:11.560 --> 0:28:19.040
<v Speaker 1>to put action behind our words. That is it for

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<v Speaker 1>me today, dear friends, on woke f as always power

0:28:23.359 --> 0:28:26.680
<v Speaker 1>to the people and to all the people. Power, Get

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<v Speaker 1>woke and stay woke as fuck.