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The Al Franken Podcast

Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino and Marc Elias, Dems' Election Lawyer, on Voter Suppression

The Al Franken Podcast

The Al Franken Podcast

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

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Voto Latino is on its way to registering 500,000 new voters this cycle. Elias is fighting to make sure their votes will be counted.

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

Download the Amazon Music app today.

0:09.0

In a four-part series, the Generation Y Podcast unravels the story of Khalif Browder, a young

0:14.3

boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held it Recker's island for three years

0:19.5

without trial.

0:21.0

This is a story about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system.

0:25.0

Introduce a Generation Y on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:32.0

Hey, everybody.

0:34.0

A great show today, you know, for a change because I have two friends of the podcast.

0:40.0

Maria Teresa Kumar, founder and president of Votal Latino who did my very first podcast

0:46.6

and Mark Elias, lead Democratic election lawyer, who we check in with from time to time, talk

0:53.0

about the obstacles of voting that Republicans put up to make it harder for certain people

0:59.2

to vote.

1:00.2

First, I want to talk about this week's Supreme Court hearings with Judge Amy Comey Barrett.

1:07.9

I'm recording this before they start, but I gotta just tell you, I am really pissed

1:14.5

off about the hypocrisy of Republicans.

1:18.9

You remember that I was in the Senate when Justice Scalia died and soon after President

1:25.4

Obama nominated Marigarlum to the court and the Republicans would not take him up.

1:31.8

They would not meet with him.

1:33.0

They would not give him hearings.

1:36.2

You remember why that was because it was Justice Scalia died during an election year, an

1:43.4

election year, died in February.

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