THE VIEW FROM CONGRESS
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Thom welcomes Mark Pocan, co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus to once again answer questions in a national town hall meeting. Will Progressive be able to weaken the FISA (spy on America bill) and the so-called Patriot Act, to restore some of our rights? And will they be able to call into question the 20 percent increase in defense spending over the last three years? And are we abandoning small business while Donald Trump brings fascism to America 'wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross'?
And Thom also convenes with Progressive congressional leader Ro Khanna to consider the moment from Ro's perspective as a minority in America- and as a Progressive leader. Will America succeed in becoming a multi-ethnic democracy?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | And greetings my friends, Patriots, |
| 0:19.0 | Lovers of Democracy, Truth and Justice, |
| 0:21.0 | Believers in Peace, freedom in the American way. |
| 0:24.3 | Time for our national town hall meeting with Congressman Mark Pocan. |
| 0:29.1 | He is the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. |
| 0:32.1 | He represents the second district of the state of Wisconsin |
| 0:34.6 | and the U.S House of Representatives. |
| 0:36.7 | His website is Pocan, POCAN. house. |
| 0:39.5 | You can tweet him at Rep Mark Pocan. |
| 0:41.5 | And Congress in Pocan, welcome back to the program. |
| 0:44.6 | Well, thanks, Tom. |
| 0:45.6 | Thanks so much for having me. |
| 0:46.8 | Donald Trump now, he campaigned on nostalgia, right? |
| 0:49.8 | Let's make America great again. |
| 0:52.1 | And indeed, he's brought back a lot of things. |
| 0:54.8 | He's brought back the mass deaths from a pandemic from 1918. |
| 0:58.8 | He's brought back 40% unemployment |
| 1:01.2 | from the Great Depression in 1929. |
| 1:03.6 | He's brought back white supremacist, |
| 1:05.5 | like the rise of the clan and the failure of reconstruction |
| 1:08.6 | in the late 19th century. |
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