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The Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.

So on March 21st, I participated in an Intelligence Square debate against Black Lives

Matter co-founder Alicia

Garza and Congressman Jamal Bowman. The motion of the debate was, has the Democratic Party

gone too far left? So the political scientist Rui Tashara and I argued in the affirmative, and

Alicia and Jamal argued the negative. Now this debate was frustrating for me at times, and I think

you'll hear exactly when those times are. But overall, I'm really glad that I did it, and I hope you

enjoy it. So without further ado, my Intelligence Squared debate has the Democratic Party gone too far left?

Hi, everybody. Welcome to another debate from Intelligence Squared. I'm John Donvan, and I will be

moderating as usual, as this time we take on one of those topics we like to visit from time

to time, where we look at the ideas that underpin America's political parties. Last time

around, we asked, has the GOP lost its way? It was a good debate, and I recommend it.

This time, the Democrats are up again. And here's the question we are posing this time. Is the

Democratic Party too far left? So let's see what we get for answers. We have a four-person debate,

two against two, and let's welcome them. For the team arguing, yes, in answer to the question,

is the Democratic Party too far left? Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, contributing editor at City

Journal, host of the YouTube and podcast series Conversations with Coleman. Coleman Hughes. Welcome,

Coleman. Thanks so much for joining us, an Intelligence Squared. Thank you for having me.

And your partner is political scientist and commentator, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and co-founder and politics editor of the Substack Newsletter, the liberal patriot, Rui Tashara. Welcome, Rui. Thanks so much for joining us. Glad to be here. Now, we have two opponents to this point of view. The team arguing, no, that the Democratic Party is not too far left. first civil rights activist co- co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, principal of the Black Futures Lab, host of the podcast, Lady Don't Take No, Alicia. Welcome, Alicia. Thanks so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. And finally, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th District, Jamal Bowman. Welcome, Congressman. Thanks so much for joining us and making the time as well.

Of course. Thank you so much for having me. So I want to get to. I just want to say that we've already agreed that we're all going to go on first name basis for the duration of this conversation. I just want to ask permission from all of you to interrupt when I feel as moderator. it's appropriate for me to do that in order to

move things along or to clarify. Is that okay with everybody? Like, as they say on the airplane,

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