Marc Elias on Saving Democracy, GOP Soap Opera

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Joe Trippi

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🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias has been fighting GOP-led voter suppression efforts for years. In the process, he may be single-handedly saving our republic. He tells Joe and Alex the status of the fight for voter rights, the GOP's dangerous motivation to continue voter suppression, and how we can all help. How will the GOP's right to fritter away the right to vote play out, and can it actually work? Then, Joe and Alex break down Liz Cheney's ouster (and how Donald Trump called a Cheney a "Major Democrat"), 100 Republicans threatening to start a new party, and why she may be primed for a credible run for president. Marc's organization, Democracy Docket, is doing wonderful work -- follow along at this website: https://www.democracydocket.com/ New Republic article: https://newrepublic.com/article/162272/republican-voter-suppression-texas-democracy-reckoningSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/that-trippi-show/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody it's Joe Trippy and welcome back to that Trippy show.
0:12.0	We're going to touch the latest GOP soap opera at the end of this
0:16.8	this podcast, but the first Alex we have a special guest today and it couldn't be at a better time. You know there there's a piece in the new
0:25.1	Republic out today that I think sums it all up and we'll put the link to that in our
0:29.9	show notes but it said that if we lose the fight to protect voting rights, we'll
0:35.4	lose everything else. And that's why I'm really glad that Mark Elias is with us
0:42.2	today. Mark Elias served with us today.
0:43.2	Mark Elias served as the general counsel for Hillary Clinton
0:46.5	and John Kerry's campaigns, is the founder of Democracy Docket,
0:51.2	an advocacy group protecting the right to vote around the country.
0:55.0	Mark, it's just a critical time.
0:58.0	You know, I wanted you on the show before, but I think today just seems in a lot of ways more critical than ever.
1:04.0	I'm glad you're with us.
1:05.6	Thanks for having me.
1:07.0	Set the table.
1:08.3	What in your, you know, after we go through the election, the insurrection, everything, and all the battles, I mean, 64 to
1:17.2	one against Trump in court that you were involved in. Where are we now?
1:23.0	I mean, there was this big sense of relief
1:25.0	that we somehow got past the big threat to democracy,
1:30.0	but it just seems to be ongoing.
1:32.0	Yeah, and in some ways it's gotten worse.
1:35.0	You know, 2020 was a threat to democracy because
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