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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 423 - Diabolical Republicans are passing horrible laws across the country

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

After losing the House, Senate, and Presidency, Republicans are starting to fight back in the most diabolical ways imaginable. Let me unpack and explain what they're doing and tell you what we should learn from it.

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0:00.0

I don't know if you've seen it, but all over the country, literally in almost all 50 states,

0:06.6

Republicans are doing everything they can to fight against voting rights, to fight against police accountability,

0:15.3

to fight against civil rights, and I want to unpack how they're doing it,

0:20.0

and don't misunderstand what I'm about to say, but how they're doing it is,

0:27.5

yes, diabolical, but also smart and really effective, and I want to tell you how we can fight back against what they're doing,

0:38.2

and in some ways I want to talk about how we can learn from what they're doing,

0:44.5

and do it in the cities where we have power, where we have control,

0:49.5

let me unpack and explain it. This is Sean King, and you are listening to...

0:54.4

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0:59.4

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2:28.4

I don't know if you see exactly what's going on around the country,

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