Ep. 323 - The One Thing Democrats MUST Do

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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If Democrats aren't willing to do this one thing, they don't deserve our support. The rules have changed. Hell, the whole game has changed. And this is their only logical next step. ---- If you listen to The Breakdown and want to help support the work we do, consider becoming a member of our Patreon at www.patreon.com/thebreakdown for exclusive members perks and early access to content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Democrats really only have one option when it comes to the Supreme Court.
0:06.5	Today I want to unpack and explain it, talk about the legality of that one option,
0:11.6	and hope you come on board. This is Sean King and you were
0:15.0	listening to the breakdown.
0:17.0	The breakdown.
0:20.0	The breakdown.
0:21.0	The breakdown.
0:22.0	The breakdown. The breakdown.
0:23.0	The breakdown. I don't know if you've seen I don't want to call it a mean because it was
0:40.2	someone's super thoughtful post. It's kind of become a graphic and a meme that I've
0:46.7	seen shared now thousands. Hell I think it's been shared millions of times over the past few years.
0:56.0	It's from a young woman named Mira Gans and she says this and I think it is probably the most spot-on insightful commentary about the political moment that we're in and I want to read it to you.
1:15.0	It says it's like Democrats and Republicans were playing a board game.
1:20.0	Then Republicans were like,
1:22.8	fuck it and lit the House on fire.
1:26.2	But Democrats are still just sitting in the burning house
1:29.5	trying to win the board game. Let me read it one more time. Sorry for those of you who may
1:36.3	have kids with you. I know so many students and children listen to this. I am
1:40.3	just reading it. It's like Democrats and Republicans were playing a board game.
1:46.0	Then Republicans were like, fuck it, and lit the House on fire.
1:51.0	But Democrats are still just sitting in the burning house trying to win the board game.
1:57.0	It's spot on. It's exactly where we are right now.
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