Retain or Repeal? (with Elie Mystal)

Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Elie Mystal, author of Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America, joins Sam to unpack how America could choose just ten laws to get rid of, and how you actually go about repealing laws—spoiler, it’s actually pretty easy. They commiserate over watching Democrats squander power when they have it, and how at best they’re a part of wet blankets, and why it’s their obligation to continually shout about what’s happening so that people finally pay attention. They talk about the utter importance of reaching young voters where they are—even if that means getting politicians to make videos of themselves at the gym and learn to forget about “gaffe culture.” Plus, Elie talks about the hope he has that the 2026 midterms will be the Democrats’ Tea Party moment and why Trump’s breakup with the Federalist Society gives him glimmers of hope. Wet Blanket/Xanax 2026!

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1:06.5	School is out for summer, and maybe your summer programming hasn't started yet. And like me,
1:16.0	you're watching your kids spend the day on the couch or gaming in their special gaming chair
1:21.7	that they made a PowerPoint for you to explain that they needed so desperately they could taste it. And that is okay. That's okay.
1:30.3	Our kids deserve to veg out sometimes. They do work hard. They work hard. School is harder now than it was
1:37.5	when I was doing it. Gaming is a big part of that. I get that, which is why I have some serious choice words for Democrats who don't
1:46.5	realize that and refuse to meet our young voters where they are. Young men, they are gaming
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