Episode #376: Is There Hope For The GOP? Or Democracy?
Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Ken Rudin
4.6 • 633 Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
A book by a longtime Republican strategist says his party has become indistinguishable from Donald Trump -- and all that's wrong with Trumpism. We look ahead to next month's historic Boston mayoral race. And we talk to Colin Powell's former chief of staff, who has the inside scoop behind Powell's infamous 2003 UN speech about "weapons of mass destruction."
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| 0:00.0 | Colin Powell dies, Steve Bannon defies, and the Boston mayoral race? No guys. All this week on the political junkie. |
| 0:10.7 | You like Ike, I like, I everybody likes like for president. |
| 0:14.8 | Add light to you and think to me. I don't care how you quoted. |
| 0:18.9 | Come on and vote for Kennedy |
| 0:21.5 | Vote for Kennedy |
| 0:23.2 | And we'll come on top |
| 0:25.5 | Vote for Richard Nixon |
| 0:27.4 | And Henry Cabot Loss |
| 0:29.5 | Because they're the ones to lead the USA |
| 0:32.6 | Thanks for joining us And welcome to episode 376 of the political junkie. |
| 0:43.4 | I'm Ken Rudin. |
| 0:45.5 | The refusal by the previous administration to cooperate in any way regarding the January |
| 0:51.3 | 6th insurrection continues. |
| 0:54.1 | The latest episode involves Steve Bannon, the Trump associate who said he won't testify |
| 0:59.3 | before the Congressional Committee about what he knew in advance about the attack on the Capitol. |
| 1:05.1 | On Thursday, the House voted 229 to 202 to cite Bannon with contempt of Congress, which could ultimately send him to prison. |
| 1:15.6 | Benny Thompson, the Mississippi Democrat, who heads up the committee investigating January 6th, |
| 1:21.1 | made clear the urgency of the House's action. |
| 1:23.9 | Our investigation is going forward. We're hearing from witnesses, reviewing documents, |
| 1:30.0 | analyzing data. Mr. Bannon stands alone in his defiance, and we will not stand for it. We will |
| 1:38.1 | not allow anyone to derail our work because our work is too important, helping ensure that the future of American democracy |
| 1:47.1 | is strong and secure. |
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