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Political Gabfest - The "I Would Build a Great Wall" Edition

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News Commentary, Politics, News

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

David Plotz, John Dickerson, and special guest Jamelle Bouie discuss the massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the now-official presidential aspirations of both Jeb Bush and Donald Trump, and the increasingly effective campaign of Bernie Sanders. Slate's Political Gabfest is sponsored by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code GABFEST at checkout to get 10% off. Squarespace—Build it Beautiful. And by SundanceNow Doc Club! The new streaming service for everyone who loves documentaries. Discover unforgettable films like The Queen of Versailles, The Staircase, and The Weather Underground. To get a free 30-day trial go to docclub.com/gabfest. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/gabfestplus. Twitter: @SlateGabfest Facebook: facebook.com/Gabfest Email: gabfest@slate.com Show notes at slate.com/gabfest


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0:00.0

Slate's political gabfest is sponsored by Squarespace.

0:03.7

Start building your website today at Squarespace.com and enter offer code GabFest at checkout to get 10% off.

0:10.6

Squarespace, build it beautiful.

0:12.9

And by Sundance Now Doc Club, the new streaming service for everyone who loves documentaries.

0:19.2

Discover unforgettable films like the Queen of Versailles, the staircase, and the weather

0:24.3

underground.

0:25.4

To get a free 30-day trial, go to dockclub.com slash gabfest.

0:30.3

That's doc-c-l-U-B dot com slash gabfest.

0:35.3

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:43.3

Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for June 19, 2015, the I Would Build a Great Wall edition. I am David Plotz of Atlas Obscura.

0:55.9

We have an all-Washington show today because to my right is John Dickerson of Face the Nation and Slate.

1:03.6

Hello, John.

1:04.2

Hello, David.

1:05.3

And to my left is not Emily Bazelon, who is mysteriously somewhere else.

1:09.5

I don't even know where she is.

1:12.3

I'm not sure. Maybe she's writing a decision for Ruth Bitter Ginsburg or something. But sitting in for Emily is Jamel Bowie,

1:18.2

staff writer Slate. Hello, Jamel. Hello, David. It's great to have you back on the Gab Fest.

1:23.6

I'm always excited to be here. And then I'll say, and we're always excited to have you. And I'm always excited.

1:27.8

And then 45 minutes of that.

1:30.3

On this week's Gab Fest, the massacre at Emmanuel Church.

1:34.3

What, I don't know, God, I mean, who, whatever, God, it's just, we'll, we'll find something to say that isn't just me giving exclamation points. Then we'll talk about

1:47.0

Jeb Bush's presidential campaign launch and how it was overshadowed by Donald Trump and whether

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