Republican extremists get what they deserve
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
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🗓️ 9 April 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In the wake of the Nashville school shooting Republicans expel two state House Democrats for protesting alongside students. Brian interviews California Governor Gavin Newsom about his response to Ron DeSantis’ authoritarian tactics and his new PAC seeking to bolster red state Democrats. And Brian is joined by Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, to discuss the major Senate hearing with former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and the broader union movement in the U.S.
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| 0:00.0 | In a four-part series, The Generation Y Podcast unravels the story of Khalif Browder, a young |
| 0:05.8 | boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held it Reikers Island for three years |
| 0:11.0 | without trial. |
| 0:12.4 | This is a story about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system. |
| 0:16.2 | Listen to Generation Y on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:20.4 | Today, we're going to talk about Tennessee Republicans expelling two black legislators |
| 0:24.4 | and the broader trend of fascist behavior by the right. |
| 0:26.6 | I interviewed California Governor Gavin Newsom about his response to Ron DeSantis' |
| 0:30.2 | authoritarian tactics and his new pack seeking to bolster Red State Democrats. |
| 0:34.6 | And I'm joined by the president of the AFL-CIO, Liz Schuller, to discuss the major |
| 0:38.2 | Senate hearing with former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and a union movement in the U.S. |
| 0:41.9 | more broadly. |
| 0:42.9 | I'm Brian Tyler Cohen, and you're listening to No Lie. |
| 0:48.1 | So this past week, Tennessee Republicans expelled two of the three Democratic legislators |
| 0:52.2 | who joined students protesting for gun reforms, the two being the black Democrats, while |
| 0:56.8 | miraculously the white Democrat was spared. |
| 0:59.9 | The racism is just unmistakable. |
| 1:01.7 | I mean, seriously, we see racism all the time, but this one is one of those few instances |
| 1:06.8 | where it is so egregious, so pointed that it legitimately feels like something out of |
| 1:11.0 | the 1950s. |
| 1:12.5 | Only the black Democrats were expelled, the white one got to stay. |
| 1:15.2 | It takes a lot to shock me, this shocked me. |
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