Bonus Episode: The Impeachment Election? Trump, Mueller and the Fight for America

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🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Is this the last stand for American democracy? That’s what many of Donald Trump’s opponents believe. The upcoming US midterm election is the last chance to prevent the United States from becoming a truly authoritarian state. That fear has the Democrats campaigning hard. But the Republicans are scared too: If Democrats sweep the House and Senate, they could kill off Trump’s legislative agenda and gain new investigative powers to hit Trump hard over Russia, alleged obstruction of justice and the numerous allegations of influence-peddling at Trump’s businesses. And then there’s the Mueller investigation, which is due to conclude next year: if the special counsel finds evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the President, Democrats could begin impeachment proceedings. This may truly be the impeachment election. So what future awaits America in this historic election? Will Justice Kavanaugh’s acrimonious confirmation lead to a pro-Trump surge or will a wave of women voters sweep Republicans out of office? And in this hyper-partisan atmosphere, is there any chance to repair America’s fractured political landscape? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hello and welcome to this special episode of the Intelligence Square
1:03.5	podcast I'm Farah Gisat. It's the eve of the American midterm
1:07.1	elections and we've just had a fascinating evening of discussion and debate
1:11.2	here in Central London.
1:12.8	Daniel is with me now.
1:14.1	Tell us more about what we just heard.
1:16.0	So we decided to stage a special intelligence squared event
1:19.0	the day before the American midterms.
1:21.2	The title was The Impeachment Election, Trump, Mueller, and The Fight for America.
1:25.3	We had a really stellar parallel on our stage. So we had Timothy Snyder, the top historian,
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