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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Bakari Sellers and How We Remove Matt Gaetz and the GQP Basement Dwellers

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

Politics, News

4.956.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, the brothers sit down with attorney and NYT bestselling author of the new book My Vanishing Country: A Memoir, Bakari Sellers. Sellers talks about everything from the latest updates in the Matt Gaetz/Joel Greenberg saga to policing in America – and what we can do to solve it. The brothers round out the episode discussing updates on the Arizona “audit,” a certain unhinged 2x impeached former president, the very real threat of the GQP, and how Democrats can grow their majority in the House in 2022.  Make sure you tune in every Tuesday & Friday wherever you get your podcasts for new episodes of The MeidasTouch Podcast! For a limited time, when our listeners go to grove.co/meidastouch, you will get to choose a FREE gift with your first order of $30 or more. But you have to use our special code! Click here to get natural products you need for your home! Get your pro-democracy MeidasTouch Merch, Vaxxed wristbands and more here! Buy Bakari Sellers's book My Vanishing Country: A Memoir here! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meidastouch/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/meidastouch/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Midas Touch Podcast.

0:06.0

Ben, my cellar is joined by my brothers.

0:09.0

Brett and Jordi, my cellist, we have a great show for you today.

0:14.0

Guest, Bacari, Sellers, the youngest member of the South Carolina legislature

0:21.0

when he was first elected back in, I think it was 2006 to 2014.

0:27.0

He's now a political commentator, a lawyer, no longer in the legislature,

0:33.0

but a lawyer, political commentator, excited to get his take on what's going on in the country today.

0:40.0

So guys, I know we say that we are the GQP's worst enemy, and of course,

0:45.0

that is completely and entirely accurate.

0:48.0

But should we still be even calling them the GQP at this point?

0:52.0

Aren't they simply just terrorists?

0:55.0

I mean, they're not even worthy of, I think, three letters that used to belong to the Republican Party.

1:02.0

I just think they're a terrorist party and they have terrorist leaders.

1:06.0

And there are just terrorists.

1:08.0

I think we have to look at it like when you have, when you're a country,

1:13.0

and there's a terrorist sect that wants to overthrow the government, that's just who they are.

1:19.0

Now, the radicalization of the Republican Party is something we should all be concerned about.

1:25.0

It should honestly terrify us all every single day.

1:28.0

And we saw what could happen with this radical party on January 6th.

1:34.0

And if there are any indicators, that was just a test run.

1:38.0

I think one of the things that really kind of struck me the most this week

1:45.0

was what Jim Acosta said the other day.

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