Joe Cunningham on the Insurrection at the Capitol and What the Democratic Party Will Look Like After Trump

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

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Politics, News

4.8 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Bakari is joined by Joe Cunningham, former representative for South Carolina, to talk about the aftermath of the violent insurrection on the Capitol (4:18), why many Democrats performed poorly in down-ballot races in November (13:44), and the power the moderate wing of the Democratic party has now that the Senate is split 50-50 (18:44). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Joe Cunningham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's been a week hasn't it?
0:12.0	It's been a week.
0:05.0	I won't tell you
0:11.0	that it's gonna be all good.
0:12.0	It's been a week hasn't it?
0:14.0	Oh my goodness, I know all of you all are trying to figure out what's going on, but
0:18.8	even in the midst of all of this, I have to say thank you for tuning into another episode
0:21.8	of the Bakari Sellers podcast.
0:23.2	Today we'll be interviewing one of my good friends, someone who can help us get some oversight
0:28.1	into what happened last week.
0:31.2	Former South Carolina congressman Joe Cunningham.
0:34.9	But before I get to Joe, I wanted to talk about President-elect Biden's nominee for Attorney General
0:39.5	Merrick Garland.
0:40.9	In light of last week's failed coup and the overwhelming evidence that for the past four years
0:45.9	right-wing white supremacist domestic terrorism is now at a fever pitch and a direct threat to our lives
0:52.0	and our democracy, it has to be the top priority for the next
0:55.4	attorney general.
0:57.1	That's in addition to reforming policing, which I consider 1B or 1A, depending on the day, as well as prosecuting the crimes of this current administration
1:05.6	and voting rights.
1:07.7	These four things, domestic terrorism, police reform, prosecuting the Trump administration
1:12.3	and voting rights, or I think we should
1:14.3	all judge this administration and this Justice Department for the next four years.
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