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#154 The Real Enemy, Part 3

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Gimlet

Society & Culture, Documentary, Technology

4.729.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The conclusion of our story — Emmanuel and Sruthi go down to Alabama as tensions in the party reach a boiling point. Additional reading: Eyes on the Prize - definitive documentary series on the civil rights movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

From Gimla, this is Replay Off, I'm PJ vote.

0:13.5

And this is part three, the conclusion of our story, the real enemy.

0:16.8

If you haven't heard parts one and two, you should go back, otherwise what follows is

0:20.4

not going to make a time of sense.

0:22.3

So here's where we are.

0:24.0

At the same time that Republicans are beginning to campaign for the 2020 elections, Democrats

0:28.3

and Alabama are fighting each other.

0:29.9

They're in an internal battle for control of the party.

0:33.1

On one side, Senator Doug Jones, who believes that the only way Democrats can be the Republicans

0:37.6

is with new leadership.

0:39.5

On the other, Joe Reed, who believes that if Doug Jones gets his way, it'll mean a future

0:43.6

for Alabama that looks like the past.

0:46.4

A Democratic party where black people are taking marching orders from white people.

0:51.1

So as we pick our story back up, Emanuel has gone to Alabama to see who will win this

0:55.4

fight.

0:56.4

Emanuel will take it from here.

0:59.0

I arrive in Alabama in early October and we've my producer Shruffy.

1:02.8

Hello, hello, hello.

1:04.4

We are rolling.

1:07.0

And we drive down the hour and a half from Birmingham to Montgomery, where basically this whole

1:11.8

story is taking place.

1:13.6

We're pulling into Montgomery right now.

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