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The Hartmann Report

COULD THE VERY RICH FUND A NEW CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION?

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Thom Hartmann

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🗓️ 12 February 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Four more states voted last year to throw out the American constitution. Will the Koch brothers and others succeed in using article five to trigger a complete rewrite of our most basic law? Common Cause' Viki Harrison joins Thom to raise the alarm.



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0:47.4

So we all know the agenda that the right wingers are promoting, you know,

0:51.6

let's outlaw social security and Medicare, let's call them socialism, like the Republicans got 109

0:58.3

Democrats to sign onto this bizarre resolution last week in the House of Representatives,

1:03.7

do away with taxes and all, I mean, just all kinds of bizarre stuff.

1:07.5

But what if they actually got together and rewrote the Constitution to remake it in the image of,

1:13.8

for example, David Koch's 1980 run for Vice President, where they openly called for the end of

1:19.8

Medicare, Medicaid, all welfare programs, the IRS, the Post Office, to turn all public roads into

1:25.5

toll roads with billionaires collecting the tolls, et cetera, et cetera. What if they actually did that?

1:30.6

Well, they may be closer than you think. Vicki Harrison is with us, the Director of the

1:34.7

Constitutional Convention in Protecting Descent Programs at Common Cause.org.

1:39.9

Vicki's Twitter handle is V-I-K-I-E Harrison or at Common Cause.

1:45.4

And of course, Common Cause.org, you can read all about it. Vicki, welcome to the program.

1:50.0

Tell us about this Article 5 Convention of the States. You might want to start with

1:54.4

what Article 5 is and how this works. Thank you so much for having me, Tom,

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