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Our America with Julián Castro

A Beacon of Hope (with Ayanna Pressley and London Breed)

Our America with Julián Castro

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.6884 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Although 2020 is behind us, the new year is already off to an unsettling start. On January 6, chaos erupted as a violent mob of Trump loyalists stormed our nation’s Capitol, leaving five people dead.    One of this week’s guests, Massachusetts representative Ayanna Pressley, was at the Capitol that day. Fearing for her safety, she reached for the panic button installed in her congressional office only to find it had been torn out. The buttons were installed as a security measure in 2019 after members of the “Squad,” a progressive group of House Democrats, endured racist attacks from President Trump.    With the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris less than a week away, Rep. Pressley and Mayor London Breed of San Francisco join us to talk about the long process of healing and reconstruction necessary for our country. The two influential leaders discuss how to reimagine our criminal legal system and housing affordability, and the importance of building a representative, inclusive economy after a year of reckoning with racial injustice.   Follow Mayor Breed and Rep. Pressley on twitter.   Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro and Instagram @JulianCastroTX.    Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows.   To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america shortly after the air date.   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi, it's me Ricky Lake. You probably know me for my hit 90s talk show, but if I'm being totally

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into living a full and vibrant life.

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and I am happier than ever.

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Hey y'all, happy new year. I'm excited to start off 2021 with a new episode

0:50.0

featuring two of our country's most prominent black female leaders who represent

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communities on opposite coasts. As 2020 came to a close, you could feel a

1:00.2

collective sigh of relief and a yearning for a quieter, more normal year to come.

1:05.6

Well, so far, 2021 has been anything but that.

1:11.9

COVID-19 is claiming more American lives each day than ever before.

1:17.6

And on January 6th, as Congress prepared to certify the results of the November election. A mob of Trump loyalists stormed

1:24.6

and overtook the Capitol building. It was nothing short of a siege, hordes of

1:29.6

Trump supporters breaching the Capitol capital as members of Congress inside worked to officially certify Joe Biden's victory

1:38.6

This was an act of domestic terrorism inspired by the president's words with the help of a group of

1:44.4

craven political opportunists in the United States Senate including Ted Cruz and

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