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Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Will We Be Able To Vote?

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Ari Berman, author of “Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America” joins Ralph to discuss what needs to happen for Americans to be able to vote this November. Plus, Ralph talks about George Floyd, Boeing, and answers listener questions.



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0:00.0

It's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

0:05.0

Stand up, stand up.

0:07.0

You've been sitting way too long.

0:10.0

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host David Feldman. Hello David.

0:19.0

Good morning.

0:20.0

And the man of the hour Ralph Nader. Hello, Ralph.

0:22.8

Hello, everybody.

0:24.0

It's been a tumultuous week, to say the least. I never thought I'd long for the good old days

0:31.5

when we could get back to talking about just being quarantined during a global

0:35.0

pandemic.

0:36.5

But before we get to our main interview of Ari Berman, who's going to talk to us about the

0:40.2

politics of mail-in voting, Ralph, I know you wanted to highlight a few topics that are in the news.

0:47.0

Yes, indeed.

0:48.0

Well, we've all witnessed the disturbances and the protests and the

0:55.0

disturbances and the protests all over the country to the homicide inflicted by the police on George Floyd in Minneapolis

1:01.0

but what we need to pay attention to now is Trump's behavior and

1:06.8

when he cleared the way and walked through Lafayette Park to a peaceful protest in front of St. John's Episcopal Church in order to get a

1:16.8

photo opportunity holding the Bible. Guess what happened? He had with him the

1:22.3

joint chiefs of staff. He had with him

1:25.2

attorney general bar and he had with him the secretary of defense. And this provoked,

1:32.4

I hope this is the harbinger of the future.

1:35.0

James Miller was the Undersecretary Defense for Policy from 2010 and 2014.

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