Ep. 347 - The First Thing Democrats Must Do if They Sweep Election Day

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In a few hours, Republicans are about to approve the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. It will give conservatives a devastating 6-3 majority and the power to not only overturn everything we hold dear, but to basically overturn any future legislation if Democrats take power after the upcoming election. Democrats must be prepared to expand and change the Supreme Court. ---- 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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0:30.0	Any moment now Republicans in the Senate are going to vote through Amy Comi Barrett to be the next Supreme Court justice.
0:41.0	Mind you, Republicans stole a seat from President Obama, and five of the nine Supreme Court justices
0:51.1	will have literally been approved by presidents who lost the popular vote.
0:59.0	We're at the point where we no longer even have to pretend that we live in a representative democracy.
1:06.0	That's not what we have. In fact, 15 of the last 19 Supreme Court justices were appointed by Republicans.
1:17.0	Just four of the past 19 from Democrats in spite of them having basically equal time in the presidency.
1:28.5	What we're witnessing is a disturbing trend.
1:33.0	And today I really want to unpack and explain
1:39.4	what has to happen to balance it out, because conservatives are about to have a six three conservative
1:47.0	majority on the Supreme Court and it will damage everything we care about.
1:54.1	That's not hyperbole, it's not an exaggeration, it's not
1:58.2	conspiracy theory, it's dangerous.
2:01.6	Let me unpack and explain what we can do. This is Sean King and you are listening
2:06.2	to the breakdown.
2:08.0	The breakdown.
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