America Under Attack. From Inside.
The Bill Press Pod
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
This latest attack on America is a nonviolent coup. It's taking place across the country. It's led by Donald Trump himself. It's being carried out by his loyal followers. How can Democrats fight back? Today's guest has been tracking this ongoing coup and warning Democrats: They have to take it seriously and combat it aggressively. Brian Beutler is Editor-in-chief of Crooked Media, a company formed by Obama alumni and home of the great podcast, Pod Save America. You can follow Brian on Twitter @BrianBeutler and get his newsletter here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends and welcome back to the Bill Press Pod. Good to have you with us. America is under attack. Yeah, that was true on September 11. That was true on January 6th. And while a lot of Americans may not yet realize it, that's true again |
| 0:23.2 | today. The difference is that so far this latest attack on America is a non-violent coup. It's taking |
| 0:30.8 | place across the country. It's led by Donald Trump himself. It's being carried out by his |
| 0:36.6 | loyal followers, |
| 0:38.3 | especially in all the red states and swing states, |
| 0:41.3 | and its purpose is clear to rig our election system |
| 0:45.3 | so that no matter how many votes Democrats get, |
| 0:48.3 | Republicans always win. |
| 0:51.3 | That's right, the man who complained about a rigged election is now trying to rig all |
| 0:57.2 | elections, big time. So what can we do about it? How can Democrats fight back? Can Democrats still |
| 1:04.6 | win in 2022? And if so, how? Brian Boytler, today's guest, has been tracking this ongoing coup, and warning Democrats, |
| 1:14.5 | they have to take it seriously and combat it aggressively. Boydler's editor-in-chief of crooked media, |
| 1:21.7 | a media company formed by Obama alumni and home of the great podcast, Pod Save America. |
| 1:30.6 | Brian Boydler, welcome to the Bill Press Pod. Thanks so much for joining us today. |
| 1:34.8 | Thanks for inviting me on. |
| 1:36.3 | You know, I want to start with something that is getting a lot of attention, |
| 1:39.7 | article by Bart Gelman in this month's Atlantic, something you've been writing about and talking about, too, |
| 1:46.6 | that our democracy itself is under attack on many fronts. Galman says that the Trump coup is |
| 1:54.2 | already underway. Is that threat real? And what can we do about it? It certainly appears to be real. The people who |
| 2:03.4 | are orchestrating it have a blueprint in mind. They have an episode to look back on in 2020 where |
| 2:08.4 | they sort of attempted what they appear to be gearing up to attempt again, but they ran into some |
| 2:13.8 | obstacles. And what's been happening in the almost year since is an effort to defeat those |
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