WEBVTT - Road to Autocracy

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to okay F Daily. We

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<v Speaker 1>meet your girl, Danielle Moody, recording live from our pod

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<v Speaker 1>stream studios in Times Square. Folks, I am so completely

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<v Speaker 1>outdone with America, and I don't want to say America

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<v Speaker 1>as a whole, so far as I am outdone by

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<v Speaker 1>quote unquote conservatives in America. You know, last week Tucker Carlson,

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<v Speaker 1>who I don't ever like to talk about, just like

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<v Speaker 1>I don't ever like to talk about Trump, but sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>when things are just staring you in the face, you

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<v Speaker 1>were forced to talk about them. Tucker Carlson did his

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<v Speaker 1>show from Hungary from Budapest, right, And what I find

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely incredible about this is how Republicans have aligned themselves

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<v Speaker 1>with tyrants and dictators, and that they are telling us

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<v Speaker 1>out in the open that they no longer want a democracy,

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<v Speaker 1>that as a matter of fact, they have complete and

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<v Speaker 1>total contempt for democracy. And Jamal Bowie wrote in The

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<v Speaker 1>New York Times last week about the fact that Tucker

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<v Speaker 1>Carlson was there and he's interviewing Victor Orban, who the

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<v Speaker 1>Biden administration calls a tyrant, calls a dictator, says that

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<v Speaker 1>Hungary's democracy is nothing more than window dressing. And what

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<v Speaker 1>I find so troubling is that we are in a

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<v Speaker 1>position where we only have one political party. And I've

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<v Speaker 1>said this so many times on woke f but I

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<v Speaker 1>find that the language that mainstream media is using is

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<v Speaker 1>not aggressive enough. We don't have a two party system.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no such thing as bipartisanship, with one party

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<v Speaker 1>aligning itself with dictators and tyrants. This is the most

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<v Speaker 1>Unamerican shit that you could possibly ever see, and yet

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<v Speaker 1>they are calling us traders. It is bizarre to me.

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<v Speaker 1>So I want to read you this part of Jamal

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<v Speaker 1>Bowie's op ed because it's stunning to me. He writes

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<v Speaker 1>this at this moment an American life, He writes, it's

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<v Speaker 1>conservatives who have set their sites abroad. Parts of the

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<v Speaker 1>movement have even adopted a kind of anti Americanism, a

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<v Speaker 1>contempt for the United States as it exists. These conservatives

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<v Speaker 1>still call themselves patriots and disdain their opponents as traders,

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<v Speaker 1>but there is an abstract loyalty to an idealized country

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<v Speaker 1>when they contemplate the actual United States. And this is

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<v Speaker 1>from Zach Baucamp, who wrote, who writes for a box?

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<v Speaker 1>They are filled with scorn. I was listening to a

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<v Speaker 1>clip of Tucker Carlson, which, by the way, in and

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<v Speaker 1>of itself, makes me feel insane and like I need

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<v Speaker 1>to put listerine in my ears or something like that

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<v Speaker 1>to wash out the bacteria and the toxicity that comes

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<v Speaker 1>out of that idiot's mouth. But I'm listening to him,

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<v Speaker 1>and the way in which he talks about America, about

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<v Speaker 1>our government is insane. It is like watching opposite day.

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<v Speaker 1>He talks about the American government as if we currently

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<v Speaker 1>the Biden and Harris administration are a bunch of dictators

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<v Speaker 1>that are trying to destroy the country. Why because they

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<v Speaker 1>want everyone in the United States to get a vaccine,

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<v Speaker 1>a life saving vaccine, so that we don't add to

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<v Speaker 1>our death toll of over six hundred thousand Americans dead

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<v Speaker 1>under the last administration. You would think that Republicans would

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<v Speaker 1>be outraged, right, Like, aren't they the party of pro life?

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<v Speaker 1>And yet they are advocating fucking death. It's insane. You

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<v Speaker 1>have ron Da Santis, the Satan as I like to

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<v Speaker 1>call him, in Florida, who has put in place executive

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<v Speaker 1>orders and mandates that don't allow school boards to dictate

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<v Speaker 1>what is right for the kids of Florida, or for

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<v Speaker 1>the teachers that are there and the administrators they voted

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<v Speaker 1>to have mass in schools. They are following the CDC's guidelines.

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<v Speaker 1>Rhonda Santis and Greg Abbott in Texas, two of the

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<v Speaker 1>hottest COVID hot zones in the fucking world, not just

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<v Speaker 1>in the country, but in the fucking world, don't want

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<v Speaker 1>you to be able to mask your children. So what

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<v Speaker 1>they are saying then, is that they are pro murder,

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<v Speaker 1>right like. And I don't understand why mainstream media keeps

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<v Speaker 1>using euphemism for these people that are actively creating policy

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<v Speaker 1>that will kill you, right like, are we waiting to

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<v Speaker 1>see how many kids are going to die in these

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<v Speaker 1>states or going to become so severely ill that they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to need to be hospitalized? And then what is

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<v Speaker 1>de Satan gonna say? Oops? Right? And I'm wondering again,

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<v Speaker 1>where the fuck are these massive lawsuits against these governors.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, here's a funny story. And by funny, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't mean like funny, ha ha, I mean funny, like

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<v Speaker 1>fucking dumb. So listen to this. There is a congressman.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't make this up. I cannot There's a Congressman

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<v Speaker 1>Ralph Norman, Republican out of South Carolina. Also, what the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck is wrong with South Carolina? Like you have Lindsey

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<v Speaker 1>Graham who got COVID because he was on a boat

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<v Speaker 1>trip with Joe Manchin, which again and did not get

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of fucking headlines that it should be getting.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I want to know, Joe Mansion is, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the man of the hour, the man that says no

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<v Speaker 1>to everything, no to ending the filibuster, no to stopping

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<v Speaker 1>voter suppression. Like this man just no to doing anything

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<v Speaker 1>about climate change as literally the oceans are on fire, right,

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<v Speaker 1>But he's the cold king of West Virginia. This man,

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<v Speaker 1>Lindsey Graham gets COVID. Now Ralph Norman, who is suing

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<v Speaker 1>Nancy Pelosi, suing Nancy Pelosi over her mask mandate for

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<v Speaker 1>the floor of the house. This motherfucker got COVID. He's

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<v Speaker 1>suing Nancy Pelosi for the five hundred dollars fine because

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<v Speaker 1>she's finding these motherfuckers now they don't want to wear

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<v Speaker 1>a mask on the floor. Great, we're gonna keep giving

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<v Speaker 1>you fines. And frankly, I don't think that five hundred

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<v Speaker 1>dollars is enough. I think that you should be finding

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<v Speaker 1>them a thousand dollars every single day. Right, these people,

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<v Speaker 1>you know clearly they got money to burn. So listen

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<v Speaker 1>to this. This is from Bloomberg. Representative Ralph Norman of

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<v Speaker 1>South Carolina may have to put his lawsuit against how

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<v Speaker 1>Speaker Nancy Pelosi over mass mandates on hold. He announced

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<v Speaker 1>last week that he had contracted a breakthrough COVID nineteen infection.

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<v Speaker 1>The South Carolina Republican is suing Pelosi for a five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred dollars fine imposed on him for not wearing a mask.

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<v Speaker 1>Representatives the other Idiots, Marjorie Taylor Green and Thomas Massey,

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<v Speaker 1>Republican of Kentucky, were also fined, and they joined him

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<v Speaker 1>in the lawsuit. I wonder if they joined him, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in COVID as well. So here's the thing. This is

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<v Speaker 1>what their lawyers wrote. The masking requirement was an attempt

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<v Speaker 1>to prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, medicine, and science,

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<v Speaker 1>despite a deep divide over these issues of opinion. This

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<v Speaker 1>is not a matter of opinion, right. That's like saying, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know scientists say that the sky is blue, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>my opinion is it's orange, Right, So then it must

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<v Speaker 1>be orange. Right, No, it's not. There are not two

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<v Speaker 1>sides of this issue, but much in the same way

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<v Speaker 1>that mainstream media loves to have this both side is

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<v Speaker 1>m because they like to feel like they can be neutral.

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<v Speaker 1>And what do we know about neutrality? Right Like, you

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<v Speaker 1>cannot sit on the fence about this particular issue because

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<v Speaker 1>you will die, right Like, you follow the science. This

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<v Speaker 1>idiot didn't want to wear a mask on the floor

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<v Speaker 1>of the house, and now he has a breakthrough infection

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<v Speaker 1>of COVID, right like, which we know is happening and

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<v Speaker 1>can happen. Why would you put yourself at risk? Right Like?

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<v Speaker 1>Why are people so fucking stupid? I I literally do

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<v Speaker 1>not get it. You know. Somebody tweeted the other day

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<v Speaker 1>and they said, I had this horrible nightmare where there

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<v Speaker 1>was a life saving vaccine but millions of people wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>take it and so millions died. And then the person said, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>that actually wasn't a nightmare. That's the reality that we

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<v Speaker 1>are living right now. Do you know that there are

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<v Speaker 1>people around the world that are clamoring for this vaccine

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<v Speaker 1>but their country doesn't have enough. We are overflowing with vaccines.

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<v Speaker 1>We have enough vaccine for every American to be vaccinated,

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<v Speaker 1>that is between twelve and up. But we have breakout

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<v Speaker 1>COVID cases and hotspots all across the country because people

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<v Speaker 1>are demanding the right to get sick and make everyone

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<v Speaker 1>around them sick. I told you last week that we

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<v Speaker 1>are at delta plus variant right now, delta plus. There

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<v Speaker 1>is another mutation on top of the delta that we've

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<v Speaker 1>been talking about. There is also a lambda variant. These

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<v Speaker 1>viruses are never going away. And it's like Republicans just

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<v Speaker 1>want us all sick and desperate. And I want you

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<v Speaker 1>to think about why. And I go back to Jamal

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<v Speaker 1>Bowie's article in The New York Times, the Making of

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<v Speaker 1>a Tyrant, which everyone needs to watch on Netflix, so

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<v Speaker 1>that you can understand what the fuck is coming our way.

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<v Speaker 1>When we are sick, when we are desperately out of work,

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<v Speaker 1>when we cannot have our basic needs met, we are

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<v Speaker 1>at each other's throats, which is prime ground, fertile ground

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<v Speaker 1>for autocracy. That's what Republicans ultimately want. They want Americans

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<v Speaker 1>to be sick, They want us to be desperate. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>They actually are actively hoping that the Biden administration fails. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>Think about that for a moment, because I'll be honest

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<v Speaker 1>with you, I did not like George Bush right, w

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't like hw Bush right, But I didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>them to fail because their failure, right would mean my failure.

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<v Speaker 1>Because we live in the same fucking country. But we

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<v Speaker 1>have moved to a place where in our politics we

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<v Speaker 1>are totally okay with the right wing advocating for and

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<v Speaker 1>hoping for the failure of a democratic president because they

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<v Speaker 1>have already decided they are no longer a part of

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<v Speaker 1>this country. Right when you are at how do you

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<v Speaker 1>call yourself a patriot? How do you say that you

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<v Speaker 1>are an American and you are advocating for the failure

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<v Speaker 1>of an administration that is doing its best to save

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<v Speaker 1>the American public. Rand Paul the other day was on

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<v Speaker 1>the news talking about the fact, lying, lying about the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that the Biden administration is picking up migrant children

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<v Speaker 1>with COVID and spreading them around the United States. What

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<v Speaker 1>in the fucking world would make that man say those things? Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>he supported a president who put children in cages that

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<v Speaker 1>we actually have proof of. Right, What we also know

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<v Speaker 1>and have been learning is that there were massive cover ups.

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<v Speaker 1>And I talked about this too, massive cover ups of

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<v Speaker 1>the amount of children and people in these concentration camps

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<v Speaker 1>that got COVID because of the unsanitary conditions. And remember

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<v Speaker 1>the Trump administration went to court so that they could

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<v Speaker 1>legally not provide sanitary conditions for migrants, right. Remember that

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't want to give them soap or toothbrushes, right,

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<v Speaker 1>or blankets. And I keep thinking to myself, especially now

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<v Speaker 1>that we are learning about residential schools, in the way

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<v Speaker 1>in which this country and others stole Native American children

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<v Speaker 1>from their tribes, from their families, forced them into these

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<v Speaker 1>schools where they were forced and beaten into assimilation into

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<v Speaker 1>white eurocentric culture. And if they weren't, they were beaten

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<v Speaker 1>or they were killed, and they were mass graves. And

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<v Speaker 1>I keep wondering to myself, what are we going to

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<v Speaker 1>really uncover about what went on during the Trump administration

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<v Speaker 1>in these detention centers, in these holding cells, not just

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<v Speaker 1>for kids, but for all of these undocumented people. We

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<v Speaker 1>were housing folks in Texas in open air prisons like

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<v Speaker 1>it was the fucking Gaza Strip. And I want an

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<v Speaker 1>investigation into that. I want an investigation into so much

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<v Speaker 1>because I believe that all of these things are connected,

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<v Speaker 1>and all of it is leading us to an autocracy

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<v Speaker 1>because that's what Republicans want. And if we don't call

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<v Speaker 1>these things out, if we don't say the truth out

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<v Speaker 1>loud with strong language, that we are going to be

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<v Speaker 1>caught off guard. And I don't want us to be

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<v Speaker 1>caught off guard because they are literally telling us what

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<v Speaker 1>they are doing, and we're pretending that we still have

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