Kate Berlant & Jacqueline Novak | Republicans Try to Dismiss Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
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🗓️ 28 January 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Seth takes a closer look at Republicans admitting they will do everything possible to sabotage the Democrats’ agenda while moving quickly to quash the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.
Then, Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak discuss their podcast POOG and the wellness industry.
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| 0:00.0 | The Senate voted yesterday to move forward with former President Trump's impeachment trial |
| 0:06.5 | with 45 Republicans indicating that they would not vote to convict Trump. |
| 0:11.2 | I guess once you reach that age, it's pretty hard to remember stuff that happened three |
| 0:15.3 | weeks ago. |
| 0:21.1 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night |
| 0:25.2 | with Seth Meyers. |
| 0:26.2 | I'm today's show, Seth Chath with comedians, Kate Briland and Jacqueline Novak. |
| 0:30.3 | But first, a closer look. |
| 0:33.2 | We're a week into the Biden administration and Republicans have made it clear they will |
| 0:43.0 | do everything possible to sabotage the Democrats agenda while moving quickly to quash the |
| 0:47.8 | upcoming impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump for more on this. |
| 0:51.7 | This time for a closer look. |
| 0:57.3 | The Modern Republican Party has no discernible policies or principles other than feigned persecution |
| 1:02.7 | and cultural grievances. |
| 1:03.9 | Seriously, what is even one policy they've advanced to help working people? |
| 1:07.7 | Well, we gave you a CEO a tax cut, so maybe he'll look more relaxed in the pre-flight |
| 1:12.4 | video. |
| 1:13.4 | There are very real, unprecedented existential crises swirling around the Sunday daily |
| 1:18.9 | basis, creating suffering and misery for millions of Americans. |
| 1:22.5 | And instead, the right is obsessed with trivial garbage like this. |
| 1:26.5 | Right around the election, I had one million followers on Twitter. |
| 1:30.7 | Now I have under 900,000. |
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