“Kenosha vs. Convention.”
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🗓️ 27 August 2020
⏱️ 75 minutes
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The protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin after the police shooting of Jacob Blake provide the backdrop to a Republican National Convention where the party tries its hardest to stoke division and deny reality. Then Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes talks to Jon about police brutality, the protests, and what Joe Biden needs to do to win Wisconsin.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:20.1 | Welcome to POD SAVE America, I'm John Favreau, I'm Dan Fifer. |
| 0:23.3 | On today's pod I talked to Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes about the latest developments |
| 0:27.6 | in the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. |
| 0:30.5 | Before that, we'll talk about the first three nights of the Republican National Convention |
| 0:33.8 | and what it might mean for the final 68 days of the election. |
| 0:38.6 | But first, check out this week's POD SAVE the world where Tommy and Ben talk about the |
| 0:42.0 | poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the foreign policy lowlights |
| 0:46.6 | from the RNC and chat with a 26 year old politician from Brazil named Tabata Amaral, |
| 0:52.5 | who's been called her country's version of AOC. |
| 0:56.9 | And finally, believe it or not, there are only 10 weekends left between now and the |
| 1:03.0 | election. |
| 1:04.0 | 10, Dan, 10. |
| 1:05.0 | Do you think that's a lot or a little? |
| 1:08.9 | I think it's a little. |
| 1:10.5 | I mean, it doesn't seem like a lot, but I don't know. |
| 1:14.5 | I mean, I feel like it should be a little. |
| 1:15.5 | I'm trying to shoot 10 weekends ago. |
| 1:16.6 | What was happening 10 weekends ago? |
| 1:17.8 | Ah, probably this ending is going to happen this weekend and 14 weekends from now and 20 |
| 1:22.1 | weekends from now. |
| 1:23.1 | Ooh. |
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