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Laura Coates Live

What's the truth about culture war rhetoric?

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

After more battles about books, drama over drag shows, and gaslighting about gas stoves over the past 24-hours, the panel discusses why these messages are so powerful and why even some Democrats are now warning about wokeness. Plus, an alarming glimpse into what went on behind the scenes during the Southwest Airlines meltdown. And, George Santos and the shamelessness of 2023 politics.Also this morning: the suspect in the Dallas Zoo animal thefts allegedly admits to stealing two tamarin monkeys and trying to steal a snow leopard, Joe Rogan is accused of using an anti-Semitic trope on his podcast, the death toll reaches over 15,000 in the Turkey-Syria earthquake, news on the future of NFL star Damar Hamlin’s playing career, and which seat on the plane is safest?Hosted by Alisyn Camerota To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening everyone. Thanks for tuning in. I'm Allison Camarada. Welcome to CNN tonight.

0:10.0

Let's start with the Culture Wars. In the past 24 hours, the battlefield has been noisy.

0:16.0

More battles about books in the classroom, drama over drag shows, and gaslighting about gas

0:21.6

stoves. Here is Florida Governor Rhonda Santos this morning surrounded by and taking urgent

0:27.8

action to protect gas stoves. They are trying to take away your gas stove. They are coming

0:36.0

for any little thing in your life that they can do. And I think what they want to be able

0:40.8

to do is they ultimately want to control the amount of energy you consume.

0:45.8

Well, it turns out that 92% of Floridians use electric stoves, but let's not let that

0:50.6

get in the way. What is this really about? Well, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders spelled

0:55.5

it out. We are under attack in a left-wing culture war. We didn't start and never wanted

1:02.8

to fight. Sure, seems like some people do want this fight. But what's the truth about

1:09.0

culture war rhetoric? We'll talk about why these messages are so powerful and why even

1:13.8

some Democrats are warning about wokeness. Plus, you remember the Southwest Airlines melt

1:18.4

down over the holidays? Well, now we have an alarming glimpse into what was going on

1:23.2

behind the scenes while passengers were stranded, including a message sent to a cockpit computer

1:29.1

asking, who's flying this plane? We have a preview of a Senate hearing about all of this

1:33.9

tomorrow, what can Congress do to make flying less nerve-racking for all of us? And the

1:38.9

suspect in the Dallas Zoo Animal Fests has allegedly admitted to stealing two tamarin

1:44.1

monkeys and trying to steal a snow leopard. He also, reportedly told police, he wants to

1:49.7

take more animals if he gets out of jail. Jeff Corwin is here tonight to talk about our

1:54.4

obsession with exotic animals. So there's a lot going on tonight and here with me in

1:59.0

studio, we have former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, CNN political commentator

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