Ep. 782 - On the day of Trump's arrest, let me tell you the SECOND most important news story. It's pretty damn urgent.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Should Trump be the focus of the news 24/7? Of course not. But I understand why having the former president placed under arrest would dominate the news today. The problem is two-fold, though. It's going to dominate the news for weeks and months to come, even when it shouldn't, because it's clearly good for their ratings. And when Trump becomes the primary focus of the news, VERY VERY important stories end up not being told. Like what's happening in the Tennessee legislature as we speak. It's one of the closest things to fascism we've ever seen. At least 3 duly elected Democratic State Representatives are about to literally be removed from their positions because they participated in a peaceful protest about gun control. First their key cards were disabled and now legislation has been drafted to remove them from the legislature...permanently. It's a scary thing - and makes me very concerned about the path we might be going down right now. 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	So it's hard to dispute that the biggest news of the day is that the former president of the United States Donald Trump
0:08.3	It's about to be arrested
0:10.3	No matter what anybody says it's a big deal
0:14.1	Now there are five total cases that we know of against Trump right now and this might be the smallest of those five
0:23.9	But having a president of the United States a former president
0:28.6	Be indicted on 30 plus council fraud and arrested for it. It's a huge deal
0:36.5	But the second biggest story that you need to know that is probably not going to make the news all day
0:44.5	is that in Tennessee
0:46.9	in their state legislature
0:49.8	Conserved as which completely control the government from the top down from the governorship to their state attorney general
0:55.8	To their house and Senate in the legislature
0:59.1	three Democrats
1:01.1	are
1:02.1	Literally about to be removed from their duly elected positions
1:07.6	Because they let a protest against guns
1:10.5	That's it. They were protesting gun violence in the fact that they are basically no laws that protect people in Tennessee
1:17.7	And now they are about to be removed from their seats
1:22.3	Let me unpack and explain it. This is Sean King and you are listening to
1:46.0	Listen the only thing you're gonna hear on the news and I see some people saying I
1:51.0	Why is Trump the only thing on the news?
1:53.6	Because the former president of the United States is about to be arrested
1:59.6	Oh truthfully
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