Ep. 355 - It just shouldn't be this damn close.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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As I recorded this, the presidential race has not been called and both candidates believe they have real paths to win. It just shouldn't be this damn close. Let me unpack what I truly think Democrats did wrong. ---- 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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0:28.6	Well, it's Thursday and we still don't know who the next president of the United States is.
0:37.0	It is highly unlikely that Democrats are going to win over the Senate. They'll be lucky if they get to
0:45.1	50 votes after predicting that they would get to somewhere between 52 and
0:50.2	56 and have a strong majority. Right now they're at 48 and may not move from there. They may get
0:56.1	49, who knows, but it's unlikely that they'll even get to 50. And it just shouldn't be this close.
1:05.0	Donald Trump is not just a monster of a human being.
1:10.0	He has done a horrible job leading this country during one of its most difficult
1:17.1	years in its entire history and he's still basically neck and neck with a path to victory. He could literally win.
1:27.0	There are more paths to victory for Joe Biden right now,
1:31.0	but Donald Trump could win this. And today I do want to vent a little bit and explain
1:39.4	why I think the failures of the Democratic Party to have a true vision that
1:48.3	resonates with the majority of Americans, I mean a voting majority to win the Senate to win the
1:56.8	White House. We can talk about the popular vote and can unpack that as well. But we are at the point where we have to ask ourselves, why is it so
2:09.6	damn close? This is Sean King and you are listening to the breakdown. The Breakdown. Now. By the time you hear this, I'm recording this on.
2:27.0	By the time you hear this, I'm recording this on Thursday morning, it may be Thursday afternoon or evening or the next day when you hear this, by the time you hear this, maybe it will have been announced that Joe Biden is indeed the
2:44.9	president-elect. But the primary point of this conversation, as of right now
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