Ian Bassin on Saving Our Democracy

The Al Franken Podcast

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Government, Progressive, Politics, Senate, Liberal, Senator, Minnesota, Franken, News, Saturday Night Live, Comedy, Snl

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump's unprecedented second term is upon us. As we prepare to endure another (at least) 4 years of this, we are joined by Ian Bassin, the co-founder and Executive Director of Protect Democracy. Trump has already promised to undermine democracy in America. How can we fight back? And how can we mount a defense to the coming onslaught? We also discuss where Democrats went wrong trying to counter Trump's message during the election and, more importantly, how to address it moving forward.

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0:46.6	because my guest is Ian Bassin, co-founder and executive director of Protect Democracy,
0:52.4	and I couldn't think of a better guess for the week
0:55.9	that Donald Trump gets sworn in as our 47th president.
1:01.5	It's a bleak time where we're seeing Republican senators rallying around eminently unqualified
1:08.2	nominees for cabinet positions. Pete Heggseth comes to mind. I watched that hearing
1:15.5	to see how Joni Ernst's questioning would go. Ernst served in Kuwait and commanded an army
1:23.7	transportation company that did 400 missions into Iraq. Though her unit never came under fire,
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