TALKING BACK TO THE TALKING POINTS
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2019
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Today, Thom engages directly with Republicans' propagandistic attempts to defend Trump from his impeachment. First, a debate with libertarian Republican Julio Rivera, followed by a civil discussion with Republican insider and Kansas candidate Bryan Pruitt, both battles covering the territory of impeachment and the facts on the ground in the Ukraine. Then, as Thom engages with his callers- how can Progressives counter the welter of right-wing noise generated by the shills for the rich? And why can't Americans spot propaganda when they see it??
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome back on the line with us. |
| 0:19.0 | Is Julio Rivera, the editorial director of Reactionary Times, |
| 0:22.0 | columnists with Newsomack, the American. the Julio. Hey Julio, welcome back to the program. |
| 0:33.0 | Thank you so much for having me, Tom. |
| 0:35.0 | My pleasure. |
| 0:36.0 | So your guy, Donald Trump, just got two articles of impeachment laid down on him, |
| 0:40.0 | one for basically trying to get Ukraine to trash Joe Biden, the guy that Trump |
| 0:46.4 | figured he's going to run against and good chance he will. And the second that |
| 0:51.2 | Trump refused to allow anybody from the executive branch to participate in the impeachment hearings and |
| 0:57.0 | refused to provide the documents that Richard Nixon provided that Bill Clinton provided, that Henry Johnson provided, obstruction of of Congress obstruction of justice. |
| 1:05.0 | What are your thoughts on this? |
| 1:07.0 | Hulio. |
| 1:08.0 | Well, I mean, my thoughts have not changed from what they've always been. |
| 1:12.0 | This has been ridiculous the entire time. not change from you know what they've always been this is didn't |
| 1:13.2 | ridiculous the entire time the fact of the matter is Tom and let me ask you a |
| 1:16.7 | couple of questions first off right would you agree that Donald Trump is really the top |
| 1:22.2 | diplomatic negotiator for the United States, you know, |
| 1:25.7 | or even above Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of State, would you agree to that? |
| 1:29.7 | Yeah, I mean, not that he is. |
| 1:32.1 | Okay, so let me ask your question, right? |
| 1:34.0 | So we subsidize the Ukrainian government, right? |
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