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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 774 - I have ONE QUESTION for conservatives that gets to the heart of white privilege and white power

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

As their dear leader is nearing arrest, I have one simple question for conservatives. And I think this question gets to the heart not only of who they are, but what they actually believe about law and order, mass incarceration, policing, and so much more. Let me unpack and explain it. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us.Love and appreciate you all. Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I have a very, very simple, easy to answer question for conservatives, for Republicans,

0:10.1

and for Trump supporters.

0:11.9

And it really is a yes or no question that gets to the root of so many other issues.

0:22.9

Just stick with me.

0:23.9

Let me unpack and explain it.

0:25.5

I'm going to ask the question, and I'm going to really tell you what I know and what you know the answer is going to be.

0:34.5

This is Sean King, and you're listening to The Breakdown.

0:56.2

As I'm recording this early on Tuesday morning, Donald Trump for all intensive purposes is still a free man.

1:05.2

Does not yet have a criminal record or a mug shot or fingerprints.

1:10.2

And here's the thing, I'm not proud of mug shots of fingerprints for anybody I fight against mass incarceration.

1:18.2

But this same system that super holds black people accountable for anything and everything from J walk into weed smoking and everything in between really just as a whole white folk accountable at the same level.

1:35.2

And so forgive me and others for saying like, oh wow, this system that was not built to hold Donald Trump accountable was not built to hold privileged wealthy white men accountable.

1:47.2

May actually do that.

1:49.2

And I have a question, a very simple question.

1:54.2

And I think it gets to the heart of a lot of what we see in America, not just with Trumpism, but also with feelings about mass incarceration, policing, jails, prisons, district attorneys.

2:13.2

Here's my question. I want to be to run a bush about it.

2:17.2

And this is really for conservatives.

2:20.2

If Donald Trump has broken the law, do you want him to be held accountable for it?

2:27.2

Yes or no.

2:29.2

If Donald Trump has broken the law, do you want him to be held accountable for it?

2:36.2

And what I know and what I think you know is that the answer for most conservatives to this question, I haven't heard anybody ask this.

2:47.2

The answer is no.

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