Biden’s Grace vs. Trump’s Disgrace with Beto O’Rourke and Ruth Ben-Ghiat

The MeidasTouch Podcast

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4.9 • 56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

It's a big day! The Meidas Brothers celebrate the inauguration of President Joe Biden and try to make sense of the sudden return to normalcy, as he who shall not be named leaves in utter disgrace. The brothers discuss highlights the Inauguration, including the breathtaking speech by Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman. Former Congressman, Senate and Presidential Candidate, and founder of Powered by People Beto O'Rourke then joins the pod to discuss the work of his organization in Texas, the horrible human known as Ted Cruz, and the enduring legacy of the peaceful protests of Colin Kaepernick. The brothers then discuss the shattered reality of QAnon supporters before having a fascinating conversation with professor of history and Italian studies at New York University and Author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, Ruth Ben-Ghiat. The brothers finish the show by showing more examples of the return to normalcy, including Thursday's press briefing with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Learn more about Beto O'Rourke's organization Powered by People here: https://poweredxpeople.org/ Buy Ruth Ben-Ghiat's book here: https://wwnorton.com/books/strongmen --- 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.
0:08.4	Ben Myceles here joined by my brothers.
0:11.2	Brett Myceles and Jordi Myceles.
0:14.3	I don't know if you could hear it in the tone of my voice.
0:18.7	I hear it, all right.
0:20.1	Are you hearing it?
0:21.6	Are you hearing it because I am feeling good.
0:25.8	I'm feeling like a weight was lifted.
0:29.4	I'm feeling like the sky has parted.
0:33.2	I genuinely feel healthier mentally and physically that it's official.
0:41.0	Donald Trump has left in disgrace.
0:45.1	He's somewhere in Mar-a-Lago doing whatever the hell he's doing over there.
0:50.0	Probably moping and crying.
0:52.4	Trump tears with his kids and we had.
0:56.6	He's definitely not with his kids.
0:58.6	He's definitely not on Twitter either.
1:02.4	And we had an incredible inauguration.
1:06.8	If for the fact that it just finally felt normal, it felt like this is what America is.
1:14.7	A inauguration of the 46th president, Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, who is the
1:25.6	first black American and first person of South Asian descent and first woman to hold the
1:31.3	title of Vice President.
1:33.2	It was an incredible day and incredible celebration of democracy.
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