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The PoliticsGirl Podcast

Using the Law to Protect the Law: A Conversation with Democratic Super Lawyer Marc Elias

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Democracy’s white knight Marc Elias joins us to explain that we aren’t just fighting election suppression & subversion, we’re now fighting election vigilanteism and the new Republican strategy of standing in defiance of the law itself. The GOP seems to have decided it’s simply good politics to say you’re fighting a corrupt system when you, yourself, are the ones corrupting it. As Marc points out, one of the biggest ways to stop these extreme moves against our elections is to raise awareness of what’s going on. So today we talk what’s happening, what’s being done to counter it, and what we can all do to support democracy moving forward. As always, if you enjoy what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free, along with a bunch of other perks, including the knowledge that you’re allowing us to keep bringing you the best content possible. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thanks so much for caring! xoPG MERCH STORE NOW OPEN: Check it out at: https://www.politicsgirl.com/store Guest social: https://www.democracydocket.com/ https://www.elias.law/team/marc-elias Twitter: @marceelias @DemocracyDocket As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl This episode is sponsored by… https://www.honeylove.com/politicsgirl https://lomi.com/politicsgirl Code: politicsgirl https://getsuperbeeets.com code: PoliticsGirl https://shopbeam.com/politicsgirl

Transcript

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0:00.0

But I think if we all take that attitude, we're going to be,

0:03.7

we're going to do the thing that we can do.

0:06.3

It may not be everything, but it's the thing that we can do.

0:09.6

If everyone does that, then we can succeed.

0:13.1

We can protect our democracy.

0:25.2

Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl Podcast.

0:27.6

I'm your host, Lee McGowan.

0:28.9

Let's get into it.

0:30.3

Anyone paying attention to America right now

0:32.5

can see our democracy is under attack.

0:34.8

Those who would prefer to lead, or more specifically,

0:37.6

rule without any input from the people are doing everything they can

0:41.2

to erode our democratic norms and civil liberties

0:44.1

and keep power in their own hands.

0:46.2

To talk about what's happening, what we should know,

0:48.3

and what's being done to fight back,

0:50.0

I'm joined today by Democracy Super Lawyer, Mark Elias.

0:53.7

Mark is an American attorney and founder of the Elias Law Group,

0:57.0

a mission-driven firm committed to helping Democrats win,

1:00.2

citizens vote, and progressives make change,

1:02.8

and democracy docket, the leading progressive source for information,

1:06.3

analysis, and opinion about voting rights, elections, and democracy.

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