Voters to Democrats: Get a Spine!
Notes from America with Kai Wright
WNYC Studios
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow and The Nation Magazine’s John Nichols explain how the Democrats can fight – and win – the culture wars. Plus, listeners weigh in with how they would like the party to proceed. Watch State Senator McMorrow’s speech here. Then, read John’s article in reaction to the speech here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. This is Kai. The episode you're about to hear aired live on Sunday night. |
| 0:05.2 | So that means before the world read Justice Alito's leaked draft of an expected Supreme Court ruling that will |
| 0:12.4 | Sometime this spring or summer |
| 0:14.4 | overturn row and in the constitutional protection for abortion |
| 0:19.0 | Well, of course get to that story, but as it turns out a lot of this episode is relevant and |
| 0:25.7 | And that it captures the way many many voters feel about the democratic party right now and it's willingness to fight for what they believe |
| 0:35.4 | So here you go |
| 0:39.3 | Would you say you are a Democrat or a Republican? |
| 0:43.0 | Depends on what the issues are. I don't identify what one or the other |
| 0:47.1 | How would you describe the energy of the democratic party right now? |
| 0:52.6 | Honestly, I don't feel an energy like I used to. I don't feel it as being is |
| 0:58.2 | progressive and forward moving as |
| 1:00.9 | It once was would I do feel the hope in the democratic party? I feel that much if the democratic party were a person |
| 1:08.7 | What descriptive words would you like to see used to describe that person? Let's see |
| 1:14.1 | More of a upbeat party with that wants to help and that that has hope and that it's encouraging and |
| 1:21.4 | And uplifting and motivational and all those things. That's the type of person. I would like to see them |
| 1:27.4 | I'm not feeling that right now |
| 1:35.0 | Welcome to the show. I'm Kai Wright and I'm joined tonight by someone who has recently set the democratic party on fire |
| 1:42.6 | Mallory McMurrow is a state senator in Michigan |
| 1:45.0 | She's a Democrat whose district encompasses Oakland County |
| 1:48.8 | So that's a lot of the Detroit suburbs and some of Detroit itself |
| 1:52.8 | A couple of weeks ago now senator McMurrow gave a short |
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