Nina Turner Takes on the Establishment in Run for Congress

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

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News Commentary, Politics, News

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🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Subscribe at usefulidiots.substack.com for full episodes and extended interviews Even just days before the election in Ohio’s 11th district, Nina Turner is pulling voters to her side. Just this week, an influential city councilman announced he switched his support from opponent Shontel Brown to Turner because on one side he saw angry attack ads, while on the other he saw policy. And this race is centered on policy: Brown, backed by corporate dems like Hillary Clinton and pro-Israel lobbies, represents the moderate side of democrats, while Turner, supported by Bernie Sanders and AOC, is part of the progressive swing led by the Squad. Jennifer R. Farmer, a social publicist and campaign surrogate for Turner, joins the Useful Idiots to share what Nina believes in: This is Medicare for all and “ensuring that a health event does not derail a person’s future.” This is affordable college and equal pay for equal work. This is creating “a future that we’re leaving behind for future generations that ensures climate justice.” And on Tuesday, we have an election. Will Nina Turner use her #UsefulIdiotsBump to become the next member of the Squad? Or does the national Democratic Party still have power to reach voters? Watch along with us. Plus, we watch Biden yell at reporters, Republicans pretend America isn’t racist, and Brian Stelter lose his pants. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, welcome to you, Scolite. It's on Math A.A.D.
0:07.0	I'm Katie Halper. And I just did that because it looked like you were looking from side to side.
0:13.0	Yeah, I do that a lot. Yeah. Yeah, I kind of have my eyes going all over the place. I'm thinking in different directions.
0:20.0	You got to be your reporter. You're on the case. You're on the trail.
0:24.0	I don't think I know there's a really a reason for it. I think it's just a nervous tick.
0:27.0	Oh, really? Okay. Yeah. Like I'm actually making an effort to look straight ahead right now. Right.
0:32.0	Like contact. That's good.
0:35.0	What happened this week? Anything?
0:38.0	Oh, so much.
0:40.0	What happened this week? A lot. A lot. We'll get to a lot of it later, I think. Unless I mean.
0:46.0	We're going to get to everything except the Simone Biles. Sorry.
0:49.0	Okay. I'm going to be real. I have no idea what's happening with that.
0:53.0	Yeah. Yeah. Like she stepped down. She quit. But like she's really brave. I don't really understand.
0:59.0	It was so hard to figure out exactly what was going on. Like she stepped down.
1:04.0	And then you know, there was this whole immediate reaction afterwards that this was better than better than that if she'd actually won.
1:12.0	And then she should be applauded more for that. And then there are people who are furious about that.
1:17.0	It's like the Jimmy Jank thing.
1:19.0	Right. But like over the Olympics, which does anybody watch, by the way?
1:24.0	I don't know. I haven't watched any of it. I was too busy watching Bodie swim. Right.
1:29.0	Yeah. That's your real. That's a real water. Yeah. Right. Right.
1:34.0	So we're take lists on that. Yeah. I mean, is there mental health issues? Is that why she's being lauded?
1:42.0	Is really brave? Yes. Okay. So that's good. She's open about that.
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