#1581 Indicted Authoritarianism Up For Debate: GOP presidential candidates debate the future of the party just in case Donald Trump is found guilty of any of his many crimes and somehow manages to lose the GOP primary or is barred from office.
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 9/6/2023
The first GOP presidential debate happened without the frontrunner, Donald Trump, being present for the event but rather hanging over the proceedings like a specter. Meanwhile, Trump's legal troubles continue to mount and we examine what it is that is keeping Republican voters and presidential candidates alike, with minor exceptions, firmly defending the former president.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: The Party of Authoritarianism - In The Thick - Air Date 8-23-23
As the GOP presidential debates make their premiere in Milwaukee, Jeanne Whalen reports on Donald Trump’s failure to make good on a promise of bringing a manufacturing boom to Wisconsin
Ch. 2: Trickle Down Trumpism - Straight White American Jesus - Air Date 8-26-23
The GOP debate, where Trump was somehow both absent and present.
Highlights from the first Republican presidential debate of the 2023 race and analysis from John Nichols
Ch. 4: Why top Republicans want to bomb Mexico - Today, Explained - Air Date 8-29-23
Long-shot presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said he would send US forces into Mexico “on day one.” Longer-shot presidential candidate Will Hurd explains why that’s a bad idea.
Ch. 5: Trickle Down Trumpism Part 2 - Straight White American Jesus - Air Date 8-26-23
Ch. 6: The Party of Authoritarianism Part 2 - In The Thick - Air Date 8-23-23
Ch. 7: Is America Run By A Psychopathic Cult w Seth D. Norrholm - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 8-24-23
Will America’s Democracy be a memory before Trump’s cult wakes up?
Ch. 8: Trickle Down Trumpism Part 3 - Straight White American Jesus - Air Date 8-26-23
Ch. 9: Ticking Bomb Inside GOP’s Plan To Defund Trump Prosecution - Thom Hartmann - Air Date 8-31-23
Far-Right lawmakers want to defund Fani Willis without settling for legal means to stop the persecution of Donald Trump.
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Discussing the 14th Amendment option
Discussing the GOP debate on support for Ukraine
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 12: Final comments on the need to ban Trump from office in the right way
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)
SHOW IMAGE:
Description: A four-quadrant layout of photos of GOP presidential candidates, including Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy. At the intersection of the images is a red circle around a photo of Donald Trump’s face, mid-speech, pointing a finger at the camera.
Credit: Composite design by A. Hoffman. Individual image credits: Chris Christie by Michael Vadon, Flickr (License: CC BY-SA 2.0), Changes: Cropped; Photos of Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Donald Trump all by Gage Skidmore, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award winning a best-of-the-left podcast in which we shall |
| 0:07.2 | take a look at the first GOP presidential debate which happened without the front-runner, |
| 0:12.0 | Donald Trump, who instead just hung over the proceedings like a specter. |
| 0:16.9 | Meanwhile, Trump's legal troubles continue to mount and re-examine what it is that keeps |
| 0:21.6 | Republican voters and presidential candidates alike with minor exceptions firmly defending |
| 0:28.6 | the former president. |
| 0:30.4 | Sources today include In The Thick, Straight White American Jesus, Democracy Now, Today Explained, |
| 0:36.6 | The Tom Hermann Program, and Additional Members Only Clips from Democracy Now. |
| 0:47.9 | Mike, you joined us on our show in 2016 and we're going to actually take a listen to how |
| 0:54.8 | you framed all of this seven years ago. |
| 0:59.1 | Let's go to the archive tape. |
| 1:05.5 | There are people who have been white supremacists, publicly acknowledged white supremacists for |
| 1:10.1 | 50 years and they haven't changed what they've been saying for those 50 years and three |
| 1:16.4 | years ago they were saying it and no mainstream media organization put a microphone in front |
| 1:21.7 | of their face. |
| 1:23.2 | We put a camera in front of them, nobody asked them what they thought about mainstream |
| 1:28.3 | issues and ideas and yet somehow over the last six months it's become prevalent that we |
| 1:33.9 | put a microphone in front of these people who are exploiting that opportunity. |
| 1:40.6 | So Mike, you are giving us the context of how the media was amplifying these perspectives. |
| 1:46.2 | I mean, we've gotten to a point where we have a presidential candidate who's been |
| 1:50.2 | indicted four times, right? |
| 1:51.8 | So all of it is strange. |
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