Ep. 61 - Racism is an impeachable offense

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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What does it mean for the President of the United States to make explicitly racist statements in public? Can an explicitly biased person “faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States?” On today’s episode, Shaun breaks down why explicit bias is illegal in this country. The President of the United States has broken those laws this week. Are you wondering what can be done about it? Let’s dig in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today I want to make a case for you that I don't think has ever been made before.
0:07.0	It's a legal case that I think should be debated in Congress and even argued before the Supreme Court.
0:13.8	I believe that explicit racism from the President of the United States
0:19.0	is an impeachable offense.
0:21.5	Now Trump has been a bigot his entire life, but this week has been the most
0:25.7	explicitly racist of his entire presidency. And I believe that racism from the president is not only a violation of his oath of
0:35.7	office it makes it impossible for him to uphold the Constitution.
0:40.4	We're going to make my case to stick with me here. Let's dig in. This is Sean King and you are listening to
0:52.2	the breakdown. The breakdown.
0:54.0	The breakdown.
0:55.0	The breakdown.
0:57.0	Before we fully begin today's episode and before I press my case before you, I'd strongly
1:06.6	encourage you to listen to episode number 58 and episode 60, where I explain the gravity and seriousness in danger of what
1:16.8	Donald Trump has done this week. I think it's historic and so I want you to
1:21.4	listen to those two episodes if you can, because I break down a lot of these issues there.
1:27.0	But I also want to make a quick observation for us.
1:31.0	The Trump presidency is overwhelming and I've long since believed that that's by design.
1:38.0	If you are a Muslim, if you are a refugee, if you are black or brown or a person of color, if you are a Jew, if you are
1:48.0	native, if you are LGBTQ, if you are under
1:55.0	are under attack, but the attacks are so frequent that it's genuinely impossible to keep up. And today I want to
2:08.1	make a case that I hope will anchor us in the history of this moment, because the gravity and the seriousness of this moment is
2:17.8	real.
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