Beto O’Rourke on the long-awaited question of his next run
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
4.9 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Republicans desperately try to pivot away from talking about the cause of the protests, Trump disgraces the memory of George Floyd with an unreal stunt, and Beto O’Rourke discusses Texas' role as what is now the most-watched state in the nation for the 2020 election with Trump and Biden TIED in polling—as well as answers the long-awaited question about his OWN political future.
Written by Brian Tyler Cohen
Produced by Sam Graber
Music by Wellsy
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA
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| 0:00.0 | In a four-part series, The Generation Y Podcast unravels the story of Khalif Browder, a young |
| 0:05.8 | boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held it Reikers Island for three years |
| 0:11.0 | without trial. |
| 0:12.4 | This is a story about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system. |
| 0:16.2 | Listen to Generation Y on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:20.2 | Today, we're going to be talking about the protests across the country about Trump's |
| 0:25.0 | bizarre attempt to will these protests out of existence and my interview with Beto |
| 0:29.5 | Arork, where he'll reveal some major insight into the hottest state in the 2020 race, as |
| 0:34.5 | well as his own future plans in running for office. |
| 0:37.3 | This is Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie. |
| 0:40.3 | I want to talk about the protests bringing up across the country, and I actually wrestled |
| 0:47.8 | a lot with how to speak about it. |
| 0:49.9 | Because, you know, on one hand, I'm white, I don't know that I need to be the spokesperson |
| 0:53.9 | for a movement about police brutality against black people, but on the other hand, me refusing |
| 0:59.1 | to speak out because I'm white is the very issue at the heart of this, right? |
| 1:03.4 | There's a nationwide refusal to acknowledge something that's happening right in front |
| 1:07.5 | of our eyes. |
| 1:08.7 | So I ultimately decided to say something, but I'm going to do it within the framework |
| 1:12.4 | of what I do, which is debunking bad faith, talking points about these protests from the |
| 1:17.3 | right. |
| 1:18.3 | And I do think that everybody has a responsibility to do what they can, how they can, and |
| 1:23.4 | not every approach is going to be the same. |
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