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The Beat with Ari Melber

Dems Rally Against Trump as He Targets Dept. of Education

The Beat with Ari Melber

Ari Melber, MS NOW

Politics, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Daily News, Versant, Government

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Thursday, March 20, and reports on Democratic pushback against Donald Trump's administration, Trump's legal battles, and Elon Musk. Sherrod Brown and Rev. Al Sharpton join. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the beat. I'm Ari Melburgh. And here is America right now. The Democrats, more outspoken

0:07.1

leaders, Sanders and Ocasio-Gortez, leading a Nevada rally today dubbed fighting the oligarchy,

0:13.2

pushing a more aggressive approach to the other side of America. You also see on your screen,

0:18.4

President Trump promoting an executive action rather than working

0:22.6

with Congress on passing actual legislation or long-term policy.

0:28.3

He claims that what you see him signing there will start a process to close the education

0:32.9

department.

0:33.5

We have more on that coming up.

0:35.3

But the rally, as you can see in the line here, drew over 50,000 RSVPs, the Democratic rally per organizers.

0:42.9

Here's more of that line.

0:45.8

We're all here together because we share in the frustration and the heartache that comes from watching those in power actively tear down

0:58.7

or refuse to fight for everyday working Americans like us.

1:05.4

And we are here together because an extreme concentration of power and corruption is taking over this country like never before.

1:16.6

But we are also here today because we know that a better world is possible.

1:26.6

This country faces enormous. that a better world is possible.

1:32.7

This country faces enormous crises,

1:38.0

and how we respond to these crises today will impact not only our lives,

1:42.2

but the lives of our kids,

1:45.4

future generations, and in terms of climate change,

1:49.5

the very well-being of the planet.

1:54.5

We are witnessing an oligarchy in America.

2:00.7

And that is when those with the most economic, political, and technological power

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