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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 338 - Democrats Have to Play by a Fierce New Set of Rules

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

It's not enough to simply win elections. If Democrats win back the Senate and the Presidency, they are going to have to play by a fierce new set of rules so that they actually wield that power to advance their agenda. Let me unpack and explain what this should look like. ---- 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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0:18.6

Democrats and people in multiple counties across the state waited for 10 to 12 hours to vote. Ambulences had to come as people passed out. People missed breakfast, lunch and dinner and had to have it delivered to the line.

0:33.0

People had to leave and go to work.

0:34.5

People had to leave and go pick up their kids.

0:37.4

It's voter suppression.

0:39.5

And it is effectively legal.

0:42.0

Because again, Republicans are playing this game or

0:45.1

whatever game they're playing by a completely different set of rules and if

0:50.5

things are going to get better Democrats are going to have to change how they come to the table.

0:57.0

The fierceness, the ferocity they have moving forward has to change.

1:03.0

Let me unpack and explain what I mean.

1:05.0

I'll be super practical with it,

1:08.0

but it can't continue the way it is right now.

1:10.0

This is Sean King, and you are listening to

1:14.0

the breakdown. Every single day we get some kind of reminder of the reality that Republicans who right now control the Senate and the White House,

1:45.0

but even when they just control the Senate, even when they just control a part of a single

1:51.5

branch of government.

1:52.8

They didn't control the House and the Senate during the Obama administration.

1:56.8

For most of it, they just controlled the Senate,

2:00.2

one part of the legislative wing of our government.

2:04.0

And yet with that one wing, they effectively blocked

2:09.0

most of Barack Obama's legislative priorities, hundreds of... of

2:13.3

the federal judicial appointments that he hoped to make.

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