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🗓️ 13 May 2021
⏱️ 7 minutes
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0:00.0 | So, let's talk about what the Republican Party did to itself today, and how years from |
0:08.5 | now, we may look back on this day and realize that it was actually an important turning |
0:15.4 | point for democracy. |
0:18.9 | And democracy, like justice, matters. |
0:37.7 | Hey all, Glenn Kirschner here. |
0:40.2 | So let's talk for just a minute about what the Republican Party did to itself today. |
0:46.0 | Today's self-inflicted wound. |
0:49.1 | Now I am not a political analyst and I don't even play one on TV, but I think we all know |
0:55.7 | enough about human nature to understand the consequences of what the Republican Party |
1:02.0 | just did by ousting Congresswoman Liz Cheney from her leadership position. |
1:10.2 | Now DC is my backyard, my stomping grounds. |
1:13.8 | I prosecuted cases in the courts of DC for decades, but I have to admit, the closest |
1:21.2 | I ever got to politics was when I had members of Congress, both the Senate and the House, |
1:28.8 | as victims and witnesses in my criminal cases. |
1:32.7 | And frankly, that's as close to politics as I ever wanted to get. |
1:38.1 | But you don't need to be a politician or politically savvy or politically plugged in to realize |
1:46.3 | that what the Republicans did today by ousting Liz Cheney because she refused to adhere |
1:55.1 | to the big lie and she refused to pledge allegiance to the big liar, sends one message |
2:04.4 | loud and clear that the truth is no longer welcome in the Republican Party. |
2:14.6 | But folks, do we think for a moment that this move will attract more voters to the Republican |
2:22.8 | Party? |
2:23.8 | I mean, you don't need to be a political scientist to realize the answer is no. |
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