Ep. 198 - Trump and conservatives are about to left-flank and outmaneuver Democrats

The Breakdown with Shaun King

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🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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We've entered into a phase of this pandemic where politicians and corporations are thinking on how they can use this crisis for their financial and political gain. Trump and conservatives are doing something that could prove perilous for Democrats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let me tell you what I see right now. I see Donald Trump and Republicans all over the country
0:07.0	about to outsmart and left flank Democrats, Democrats in Congress in the Senate. Right now you hear
0:17.3	Donald Trump and multiple very conservative American senators saying we need to find out how to put cash in the
0:26.2	hands of everyday Americans we need to do it immediately. A few Democrats are
0:30.6	talking about that, but some leading Republicans are saying it at a time when Chuck Schumer, the Senate
0:37.6	minority leader is not saying that.
0:39.4	At a time when Nancy Pelosi's Speaker, the House is not saying it.
0:43.5	What's happening is Trump and Republicans
0:46.7	are trying to out-manuever Democrats to say,
0:49.1	hey, we're actually going to be the ones
0:52.4	to put money in the hands of everyday people.
0:55.0	It's a smart, dangerous move.
0:57.4	Let me unpack it.
0:58.4	This is Sean King and you are listening to
1:01.0	The breakdown. The breakdown.
1:04.0	The breakdown.
1:06.0	The breakdown.
1:08.0	The breakdown. The breakdown. The breakdown. There are really two things going on in the country right now and one is an actual
1:20.5	pandemic we see the spread of the coronavirus happening all over the world.
1:26.0	We see deaths continuing to spike. We see the number of cases around the world continuing
1:31.6	to spike. Last night when I went to bed it had just
1:35.0	crossed 200,000 diagnosed cases around the world were now nearly up to 225,000 just from the time I went to bed till the time I woke up,
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