Cory Booker on Trump going all in on his racist rhetoric
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
4.9 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Trump has commuted the sentence of longtime adviser Roger Stone, but it’s even more dangerous than it seems. Brian talks with Senator Cory Booker about Trump leaning into his racist rhetoric, about abolishing the filibuster in the Senate, and his dad jokes.
Written by Brian Tyler Cohen
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Cassie Depeckle, the host of Wanderies against the odds. |
| 0:04.6 | In our next season, Amelia Earhart wants to make history by flying across the Atlantic |
| 0:09.0 | alone, but brutal weather and malfunctioning equipment could leave her lost at sea. |
| 0:14.5 | Listen to against the odds on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:18.4 | Today, we're going to focus on Trump commuting Roger Stone's sentence and why it's even more |
| 0:24.3 | dangerous than it seems, and my interview with New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, where we |
| 0:28.5 | talk about Trump leaning into his racist rhetoric, about abolishing the filibuster in the |
| 0:32.8 | Senate, and yes, his dad jokes. |
| 0:35.4 | I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie. |
| 0:40.0 | So what would a Friday night in the Trump era be without our weekly massacre on democracy? |
| 0:47.3 | On this week's edition, Trump decided to commute the sentence of his longtime friend |
| 0:51.3 | and advisor Roger Stone. |
| 0:52.8 | I want to talk about why this is so important, even though it might feel like just another |
| 0:56.9 | one of Trump's daily scandals. |
| 0:59.6 | It's actually way more dangerous than that because it wasn't just him throwing a lifeline |
| 1:03.4 | to his buddy. |
| 1:04.6 | It was actually Trump protecting himself and continuing to facilitate a cover-up of his own |
| 1:09.2 | crimes. |
| 1:10.4 | So real quick, consider why Stone was in prison. |
| 1:13.2 | Roger Stone was a key figure in the Trump campaign's attempts to cooperate with the Russians |
| 1:17.0 | ahead of the 2016 election. |
| 1:18.6 | He was the go between for the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks. |
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