openpolitics.com

Published: April 19, 2021

 

Transcript:

well howdy there internet people it’s

beau again

so today we’re going to talk about that

would-be caucus

that may or may not happen in the future

now it’s kind of up in the air

and what it means because there’s a lot

of people

who want to dismiss it

take it as a joke or just

say that it’s not that important because

oh it’s just

that group of people and that’s just the

way they are and all of that stuff

i’m going to suggest that’s a really bad

idea

i’m going to suggest that’s very unwise

if you don’t know what i’m talking about

green to hear her tell it had a

document that was leaked by her staffers

it wasn’t ready yet

wasn’t ready to go out to the public and

maybe she hadn’t even read it and maybe

it was developed by you know some

outside group and she

she just didn’t even know sure let’s

pretend we believe that for a moment

that’s worse that’s worse

if it had just been her sure she’s the

space laser lady

kind of grown to expect it from her but

the idea that it’s some outside group

that’s willing to put out a document

like that that has the ear of people in

congress

oh that’s a concern i want to know who

that group is

i want to know who else in congress they

talked to

that didn’t answer any questions it

created more

and their concerning ones the other

concern

is the deafening silence that came from

the republican party once that platform

surfaced

just a bunch of overt racist garbage and

the overwhelming majority said nothing

her colleagues

they said nothing sure you had some

in the leadership step forward and say

oh this isn’t us we’re the party of

lincoln or

whatever but most were dead

quiet because

what that tells me is that

had it been received well had it been

politically advantageous

for them to be okay with it they would

have been

if they thought it helped their career

that’s a concern

you know before the election i said my

biggest fear

was that biden wins but not in a

landslide

he doesn’t win big enough to send the

message

that trumpism isn’t uh politically

tenable

it’s not a winning strategy that didn’t

happen he didn’t win

big not by big enough numbers to send

that message

and then the other part of the fear was

that because he won

people would think it was over this

document shows it’s not

my big concern was that all that

happened

and then the next person who picked up

the mantle of trumpism

would be smart they wouldn’t

broadcast every move on twitter

they’d be effective i want to know who

this group is

it’s the same stuff could be lifted from

any of the most horrible groups

throughout history

because it’s the same strategy you take

the majority

you get them kicking down at some group

that you can easily marginalize

and that motivates that base the thing

is

once that group gets in power

the people using that strategy that

majority

that they energize that base they’re

gonna demand

that those in power do something

about that scapegoated group

and that’s when really horrible things

happen

i would suggest that dismissing this

as the space laser lady

that’s uh that’s a bad idea we do that

at our own peril

you can be outraged at the content you

should be

but you should also take it as a warning

that you have to stay politically active

because those who want that brand of

authoritarianism

they are still out there and apparently

they have the year of people in congress

anyway it’s just a thought y’all have a

good day