Let’s talk about what that caucus platform tells us…..

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