Voter Suppression in America
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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4.4 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Trevor Noah and Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. cover the tactics used to suppress the votes of American citizens, including the Republicans' use of the filibuster to block the Democrats' voting rights bill, and harsher vote-by-mail laws. Plus, Trevor sits with Carol Anderson to discuss the ways voters of color have been disenfranchised.
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| 0:00.0 | For two decades, FBI agent Robert Hansen sold secrets to the Kremlin. |
| 0:04.2 | He violated everything that my FBI stood for. |
| 0:07.5 | People died because of him. |
| 0:08.8 | Hansen was the most damaging spy in FBI history, and his betrayals didn't end there. |
| 0:13.7 | Do I hate him? No, I don't hate anyone. |
| 0:16.1 | But his motive. |
| 0:17.6 | I would love to know what his true motive so I can get that out of me. |
| 0:21.5 | How did he do it? Why? |
| 0:24.1 | Listen to agents of betrayals, a double life of Robert Hansen, |
| 0:26.9 | starting September 28th, wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:29.9 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
| 0:37.9 | America's basic cable elections are coming up in November, |
| 0:40.9 | which is just five COVID waves away. |
| 0:43.4 | So, now's as good a time as any to check in on how America's elections are shaping up. |
| 0:47.9 | And our ongoing segment, VOTEGASM 2022. |
| 0:57.9 | Voting. |
| 0:59.9 | It's what makes America the greatest democracy in the world. |
| 1:03.9 | And if you don't like American democracy, |
| 1:05.9 | America will come invade your country to show you in person how good choosing for yourself is. |
| 1:10.9 | And as we approach the 2022 midterm elections, Republican-led states across America |
| 1:14.9 | are busy fine-tuning their voting processes to make sure that they're even more perfect. |
| 1:21.9 | Take Texas, for example. |
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