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🗓️ 17 August 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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0:00.0 | Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late night series Real Time with Bill Maugh. |
0:07.0 | Okay. |
0:08.0 | All right. Betsy Woodruff. |
0:15.0 | Will Hong Kong become an issue for the Democratic presidential hopefuls? |
0:19.0 | Well, already is. |
0:20.0 | Yeah, a little bit. |
0:21.0 | Yeah. |
0:22.0 | It's the one piece of China policy where they can actually be tougher than the president, |
0:27.0 | because the president doesn't give a shit about human rights, which is why he hasn't talked about the mass incarceration of Wigur Muslims in China, |
0:34.0 | and which is why he's acting like she is going to be able to just magically fix this problem, you know. |
0:39.0 | So, yeah, it presents an opportunity for Democrats to reach out to the community of Americans who are really pissed about China without, you know, |
0:48.0 | without trying to compete with Trump on his... |
0:50.0 | Tough when you've got a trade war going though. |
0:52.0 | Right. Nancy Pelosi. |
0:53.0 | He's always made this a huge issue, human rights in China. |
0:56.0 | I would totally expect them to really emphasize this and try and, you know, |
1:00.0 | put Trump in a corner on this. |
1:02.0 | That's a should. It shows that he's weak. |
1:04.0 | Carl, would any gun control legislation survive the Republican majority on the Supreme Court? |
1:09.0 | That's a great point. |
1:11.0 | Well, that is a really, really great question. |
1:13.0 | Yes. They can pass all the legislation they want, which is tough to look into it again with, but then... |
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