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The Young Turks

The Hateful Eight

The Young Turks

TYT Network

Government, Politics, News

45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Eight Democrats joined the Republicans in blocking Bernie’s $15 minimum wage amendment to the COVID relief bill.

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All right, one of the young Turks, that's how you start a show by looking down. All right,

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Jank Euger, John Eirola, call it back. All right, let me explain. First of all, Ko is a

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former editor-in-chief at Jezebel, and you know that. And she's author of a new book, White

1:11.3

Feminism, From the Suffragettes to Influencers, and who they leave behind. Fascinating, but you

1:17.9

also know that because obviously she was interviewed on the Damager Port, you all watched it. And you've

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already ordered this book, but in case you've made the mistake of not ordering the book, I would go

1:27.4

ahead and address that mistake now. All right, so obviously an exciting show for you guys.

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If you're a longtime young Turks viewer, you know I come in happy just because I'm generally happy

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in life, and then the rage will build throughout the show. But the first story will get started off

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nice and easy, or nice and hard here, because of you'll see, you'll see the title we're calling

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the Democratic Senators out of Boulder, yes, that's all right. With that weird introduction,

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John Eidrola, take it away. Okay, I think that's probably for the best.

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As we hear at TYT, I've been pushing for Bernie Sanders did try to get the minimum wage increase,

2:11.8

the $15 an hour minimum wage increase added as an amendment to the COVID aid package. And so there

2:17.7

was a vote. And every one of the Senators had to go on record. And so they did. And they voted 58

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to 42 to block it from being added to the COVID aid bill, which wait a second 58, that's not how

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many Republicans there are. And of course, that means that a number of Democrats also voted against it.

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