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The PoliticsGirl Podcast

Who Are You Going To Be In This Moment: A Conversation with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Join us for a truly amazing conversation with Jocelyn Benson who challenges us to ask who we’re going to be at this moment in history. Are we going to be passive as our voices are silenced and our will is ignored, or are we going to stand up and say not today through our attitude, our efforts and yes, our vote. Secretary Benson reminds us that democracy is a team sport and while the Secretaries of State might be the referees, we all have a part to play. America is at a real crossroads and, realistically, we are so close to losing it all, but we’re also so close to the working, pluralistic, multicultural democracy that no country in the world has ever been able to accomplish, but we actually could. We simply need to decide to walk the right way. Guest Socials: Twitter: @JocelynBenson @MichSoS https://votebenson.com/ https://www.michigan.gov/SOS As always please RATE and SUBSCRIBE to help us grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Thank you to today’s sponsors! Go to dave.com/politicsgirl to sign up for an ExtraCash account and get up to $500 instantly. Terms: https://dave.com/legal. www.athleticgreens.com/politicsgirl

Transcript

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0:00.0

That's how governments are supposed to work.

0:02.1

We're not supposed to get in the way of the will of the people.

0:04.6

We're supposed to enable it and embolden it.

0:07.0

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0:17.0

Hello and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast.

0:19.8

I'm your host, Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.

0:22.4

A couple of weeks ago, we did a podcast

0:24.2

on the continuing democratic success of the state of Michigan.

0:27.3

How a voter-led constitutional amendment led to fair redistricting.

0:31.7

How the election of a democratic governor,

0:33.8

AG and Secretary of State further shorted up Michigan's democracy.

0:37.7

And how, after years of Republican gerrymandering and dismissal,

0:41.5

the public's voice was finally being heard.

0:44.1

In the 2022 midterms, Democrats were able to win a trifecta,

0:48.0

which means they now control both houses of the state legislature,

0:51.3

as well as the governorship.

0:52.8

Something Democrats haven't had in Michigan for 40 years.

0:56.1

Michigan has become, in many ways, the shining example of what it looks like

1:00.2

when democracy actually works, when the people are respected

1:03.8

and their will is reflected in their laws.

1:06.6

So today, we're going to talk to Jocelyn Benson,

1:08.7

Michigan's superstar secretary of state,

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