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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 548 - Shame on Joe Biden & Senate Democrats for Putting Rahm Emanuel in the Administration

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In the middle of the night this past weekend, Senate Democrats, urged by the White House, with 31 Senators not even present for the vote, approved Rahm Emanuel for a position in the administration. This comes after the widespread knowledge that Emanuel blatantly covered up the police murder of a Black teenager, Laquan McDonald, for his own political gain. It's disgusting. Shame on Biden, Harris, and every Senate Democrat who voted for this.

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0:00.0

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0:30.0

This past weekend, literally in the middle of the night,

0:33.0

the White House urged Democrats in the Senate to approve Chicago mayor,

0:40.0

former Chicago mayor, Rama Manual, as the US ambassador to Japan.

0:46.0

There was widespread opposition, particularly not just from activists and organizers,

0:53.0

but from good people who care about police violence, police brutality,

0:58.0

and who care about the fact that Rama Manual literally covered up the murder of a teenage boy named Laquan McDonald.

1:08.0

Openly did it. Evidence is widely accepted as real,

1:12.0

and is still getting an ambassador ship.

1:15.0

This is what we call white privilege, but it's deeper than that.

1:19.0

It's a lack of courage, a lack of a moral compass,

1:24.0

a lack of ethics and integrity on behalf of almost every Democrat in the Senate.

1:30.0

Let me unpack and explain it.

1:32.0

This is Sean King, and you are listening to...

1:35.0

The Breakdown.

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