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The Wilderness

The Wilderness, Season 3 (coming September 12th)

The Wilderness

The Wilderness

News, Politics

4.812.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In season 3 of The Wilderness, Jon Favreau talks to voters in the midterm battleground regions who will determine the future of democracy. With the help of grassroots organizers and strategists, Favreau will unpack what it will take for Democrats to reach these voters, who turned out to help defeat Trumpism in the last election, but aren’t entirely sure if they’ll do it again.

Transcript

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0:00.0

In 2020, 81 million people voted to defeat Donald Trump.

0:05.0

We can now project the winner of the presidential race.

0:08.0

I'm Joseph Robinette, Biden Jr. Do solemnly swear.

0:12.0

But defeating Trump wasn't enough to defeat Trumpism.

0:15.0

A wave is coming. We are taking our country back.

0:20.0

That election was rotten to the core.

0:23.0

2024, we are going to take back that beautiful, beautiful house that happens to be white.

0:31.0

You see Pineshay, you see Borosconi, you see Mussolini, you see Hitler.

0:36.0

Great, you're dead, great, great.

0:39.0

This is deadly serious because the left has never been able to stop a determined, fascist push

0:48.0

if it isn't aligned with the rest of the country.

0:53.0

So how can Democrats make sure we're aligned with the rest of the country?

0:57.0

Well, we should probably start by finding out what the rest of the country actually thinks about politics.

1:01.0

How many of you planned on voting in the midterm elections this November?

1:06.0

What is that?

1:09.0

This season, I talked to voters we absolutely need if we want to save democracy in 2022, 2024, and beyond.

1:17.0

People who turned out to help defeat Trumpism in the last election, but aren't entirely sure if they'll do it again.

1:22.0

On a scale of 1 to 10, how important would you say politics are in your life?

1:27.0

I want to say zero, but I'm for it, I'm for it, I'm for it, I'm for it.

1:31.0

In conversations with people who live in the biggest battlegrounds of 2022,

1:35.0

we'll learn that one of the most important divides in America right now is between those of us who follow politics closely

1:42.0

and the vast majority of voters who don't.

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