Midwest Manners and Mass Deportations: Unpacking the VP Debate

In The Thick

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News, Politics

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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ITT hosts go beyond the Midwest niceties to unpack the authoritarian policies being talked about on the debate stage, and what both candidates reallymean when they talk about their abortion and immigration plans.ITT Co-hosts Judy Reyes, Maria Hinojosa, Christina Greer and Paola Ramos dig into the first and only VP debate before the election. While mainstream media has praised both men for their “civil” performance, we go beyond the Midwest niceties to unpack the authoritarian policies being talked about on the debate stage, and what both candidates really mean when they talk about their abortion and immigration plans.

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0:00.0	Futuro Hey, what's up dear listener? It's Marianne Hosa, you're listening to In The Thick.
0:16.1	I'm joined by my co-host, actress and producer Judy Reyes out in LA,
0:20.8	political scientist Dr. Chrissy Creer in New York. Hey Chrissy, hey Judy.
0:26.4	Good morning, good morning. Hello there. And in a minute,
0:29.7	Baul Ramos is going to be making an appearance as well.
0:33.0	And of course, today we're going to break down this week's
0:35.2	Vice presidential debate between Minnesota Governor Tim Walls
0:38.9	and Ohio Senator JD Vance.
0:40.6	These two white guys from the Midwest, is saying oh my God it was such a
0:45.6	collegiate debate such a respectful debate you know that here on in the thick we're
0:51.4	going to go beyond the noise beyond the niceties to unpack what was really going on in that debate stage because this is politics unfiltered.
0:58.0	Let's get into it.
1:01.0	Okay, Judy, Chrissy, we're going to get into a lot of this stuff, but I do want to just do a check-in.
1:08.0	Judy, what's your temperature check? What's your emotional temperature check?
1:13.0	I have knots in my stomach.
1:15.0	I hated everything about it, so I'm worried.
1:17.5	I worked late last night and I was trying to kind of like add up
1:22.0	and put my thoughts together without freaking out you know but I can't
1:27.4	even lie I'm like I'm a little bit anxious you know that's my temperature I love that she
1:31.5	said I'm a little bit anxious.
1:33.2	I'm over the top anxious.
1:35.6	Chrissy, I'm freaking the fuck out. You?
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