#428 Blinded by the Vaxx

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Bryan, Sami, and Amanda are back to neg the Super Bowl and hype the vaccine. They run through the state of the inoculation rollout as 8 percent of Americans have been vaccinated. They share a stat that only half of Americans would take vaccine ASAP, and explore lingering reasons for reluctance, including the medical establishment’s lack of trustworthiness in minority communities. Finally, Amanda is joined by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton to explain why DC statehood should be at the top of Congress’s agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If, in fact, the District of Columbia was a largely Republican city, these members would be on the floor,
0:08.5	arguing for voting rights for the District of Columbia, just as the radical Republican abolitionists
0:16.5	gave us the vote, which was then taken from us and gave us home. I will not yield, sir.
0:24.4	The District of Columbia has spent 266 years yielding to people who would deny them the vote. I yield
0:32.4	you no ground, not during my time. You have had your say and your say has been that you think that
0:40.6	the people who live in your capital are not entitled to a vote in their house, shame on you.
0:47.3	Betches media presents Donald Trump was a stain on our country. I am someone's daughter.
0:56.5	Congratulations, Mr. President. The Betches sub podcast. Mr. Vice President speaking.
1:04.8	Hello, I'm Amanda Doberman. I'm Brian Russell Smith. I'm Sammy Sage.
1:09.7	And this is the Betches sub podcast where Twitter meets the group chat to help you process and
1:13.8	laugh at the biggest topics in U.S. News and Politics. That was Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes
1:19.6	Norton in 2007. Congresswoman Holmes Norton is the delegate from the District of Columbia,
1:24.5	which is not a state. Holmes Norton has been fighting on behalf of her residence for decades to make
1:30.1	it such that was in 2007. And she has since put forth so much legislation. What you heard was her
1:36.0	being interrupted while talking about it. And very fairly said, GC has been yielding for a very
1:42.3	long time. And we have a longer interview with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton at the end of
1:46.6	this podcast, talking a bit more about DC statehood and why it's fucked up that it's not a state
1:51.7	in a lot of ways. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure she'll say this, but it's literally insane that
1:57.5	yes, I mean, that's how she will say it. Yeah, people who live in the capital of the country don't
2:07.0	like aren't actually represented. It's really pretty wild when you think about it.
2:12.0	Especially when you think about, and you know, we didn't talk about this too much, but
2:16.0	I don't like to be too like, well, Wyoming shouldn't be a state. I think they all should be states,
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