The Democrats Can’t Play Dead (ft. Rep. Seth Moulton)

Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In the wake of the GOP’s budget and policy bill passing, Jessica is joined by Congressman Seth Moulton to talk about what comes next for the Democrats. They discuss what Dems need to do to talk more effectively about their policies and values. Plus, Rep. Moulton talks about the legacy of bipartisan immigration reform, how to both support and criticize Israel at the same time, and — as a former Marine who served in Iraq — he grades Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s performance so far. Follow Jessica Tarlov, @JessicaTarlov. Follow Prof G, @profgalloway. Follow Raging Moderates, @RagingModeratesPod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	welcome to raging moderates i'm jesska charlove i'm joined today by representative
0:36.4	seth molten congressman representing the North Shore of Massachusetts.
0:39.9	He's a former Marine who served four tours in Iraq and has been in Congress since 2015, where he serves on the House Armed Forces Committee.
0:46.3	Congressman, thanks so much for being with me today. Welcome to the show.
0:49.4	It's great to be here. Thanks for having me. Yeah, no, it's a pleasure. I want to start, there are so many
0:55.0	directions you can go in, but I want to go in the immigration direction first. We're getting
0:59.9	new reports of the conditions in Alligator, Alcatraz, which is the makeshift ice facility
1:05.7	that they have created outside of Miami, reports that there is no water to take a bath,
1:13.0	people going four days without a shower, one meal a day, maggots in the food.
1:17.7	Wired had a deep dive into the uptick in 911 calls coming from ICE detention facilities.
1:24.7	We're seeing increased rates of suicide attempts, sexual abuse, overcrowding,
1:29.8	inadequate medical care, especially for pregnant women. What is happening here? How did we get to this
1:37.7	place and what's your assessment of where we are and how we could possibly make a positive change?
1:43.1	What's happening is that this administration fundamentally does not care about American
1:47.4	values, doesn't care about following the Constitution, doesn't care about affording basic
1:54.2	protections of the rule of law to people who are required to have it. And that's very
2:00.5	dangerous, not just for these poor immigrants who are required to have it. And that's very dangerous, not just for these poor immigrants
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