SMNTY Classics: What the Treatment of Shay and Ruby tell Us
Stuff Mom Never Told You
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4.0 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In the wake of Trump's loss in the 2020 election, he and his cronies attacked two Black women poll workers, Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss, baselessly claiming they had tampered with votes. In this classic episode, Bridget Todd breaks down why this was so effective, the online eco-system that amplified it, and the ramifications.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:09.2 | Hey, this is Annie. |
| 0:10.5 | And Samantha. |
| 0:11.5 | I'm welcome to stuff I've never told you, a prediction of I-Hart Radio. |
| 0:25.4 | And welcome to another classic. |
| 0:30.7 | And today we were bringing back a Bridget episode, because she always does such great episodes, |
| 0:34.8 | about the treatment of Shea and Ruby. |
| 0:35.9 | Right. |
| 0:39.3 | I thought it was something that we should look at because this was based in Georgia. |
| 0:47.8 | And I don't know if you're keeping up with everything that is happening when it comes to elections as well as politics in Georgia. |
| 0:57.5 | But it's getting kind of heated. Our Fulton County District Attorney has been going through it, Fannie Willis, with President Trump at this point. |
| 1:10.2 | And one of the things mentioned was this case as well. So I felt like it was a good time to revisit this episode as well as talk about the importance of election workers as election season this year. And it's pretty heated right now. |
| 1:15.4 | Yes. Yes, it is. So please enjoy this classic episode. |
| 1:25.3 | Hey, this is Annie. And Samantha. And welcome to Steph Mom Never Told You, a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 1:36.1 | And welcome back to Samantha. |
| 1:39.6 | I'm back in a while. My voice, like, I just realized as I'm talking to you, my voice went down. |
| 1:43.7 | I've got my sexy, sick voice going on. |
| 1:46.6 | Here we go. |
| 1:47.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:47.7 | Sexy, sick voice. |
| 1:49.4 | Oh, geez. |
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