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Trumpcast: Rep. Adam Schiff on the Culture of Cheating

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🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Virginia Heffernan welcomes back Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to talk about how Trump champions cheating and has a sour response to empathy, and why Schiff’s colleagues are so afraid to speak out against Trump’s misdeeds and behavior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today, a member of the Electoral College representing a certified winner, cast their votes for

0:08.4

President and the United States, and an act just as all as our nation itself. And once again, the

0:16.0

American, in America, the rule of law, our Constitution, and the will of the people

0:21.0

prevail.

0:22.0

The truth, the straight skinny, if you will, is staring us in the face.

0:28.0

It may not be what President Trump and his supporters wanted,

0:32.0

but Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

0:33.5

received more votes than any ticket in American history.

0:38.9

As of this morning, our country has officially

0:42.1

a president-elect and a vice president-elect.

0:47.0

Hello and welcome to Trump cast I'm Virginia Heffernan. One of the preoccupations over the last nearly five years of this beleaguered radio show has been cheating.

1:00.0

The White Sox, Lance Armstrong, the Sochi Olympics, the Patriots with their flaccid footballs,

1:08.0

the Houston Astros with their sign larceny.

1:11.7

That woman who won the marathon by taking the subway? Oh and there's also

1:15.9

Donald Trump. He cheats at golf on taxes on his wives on his poll numbers. He

1:21.1

cheats on his health reports, cheats on the SAT, cheats to dodge the draft,

1:24.9

cheats to get loans, cheats as workers, cheats at hair color, cheats at his complexion,

1:29.6

cheats with long ties to make himself look taller. of course cheats cheats and never stops

1:34.9

cheating at elections. How did we become a culture that countenance is cheating?

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I wonder if I've told this story before and if so I'm going to repeat it like a

1:44.0

bad old grandpa so hit that quick fast forward if you got to miss it. It's about

1:48.6

Virgil Griffith a high profile hacker and friend of Julian Assange that I met and profiled years ago. Virgil

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