The Young Turks - Impeachy Keen

Episode Date: February 12, 2021

Lindsey Graham is ripped on Twitter over “offensive and absurd” Capitol Riot claims, insurrections read Trump’s tweet about Mike Pence in front of the Capitol right before busting in, and how Trump and Pence have “yet to repair their relationship,” and the rest of the latest in impeachment news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to The Young Turks, the online news show. Make sure to follow and rate our show with not one, not two, not three, not four, but five stars. You're awesome. Thank you. All right, welcome to the Young Turks, Jank Uyghur, Anna Kusparing with you guys. Are we going to have a fantastic show? Of course, all right, like and share the stream, because we like and share you. Sharing is caring. How do we share you? I don't know. It got weird. All right, guys, we gotta go. We got a huge show ahead. It is fantastic. Hence I present to you, the queen of the

internet, Anna Casparian. Go. Oh, please. Okay. All right, well, let's give you guys an update on what's happening with the impeachment trial. Democrats have rested their case in the second Senate impeachment trial that Trump is now facing. Now we're waiting to see whether Republicans have any type of response to the case that has been put forth by impeachment managers. And then it's very likely that by this weekend, there will be a vote on whether or not to convict Donald Trump. Now, in regard to the presentation of new evidence, I would argue that yesterday was a far bigger day than today was. And what was incredible was to see someone like Lindsey Graham who, I mean, it's not shocking. Senator Lindsey Graham is going to do what

Senator Lindsey Graham is known for doing, which is sucking up to Donald Trump, sucking up to his base, and completely denying the overwhelming evidence indicating that Donald Trump inspired these individuals in breaking into the Capitol building and doing what they did, rioting, five people were killed that day, just complete an utter disaster. So in response to all that evidence that was presented, Lindsey Graham tweeted this, the not guilty vote is growing after today. I think most Republicans found the presentation by the House managers offensive and absurd. Now, we're going to show you some of that evidence in just a second. But Lindsey Graham also talked about this on television.

So let's hear what you had to say. But let me tell your viewers, the not guilty vote is growing after today. I think most Republicans found the presentation by the House managers offensive and absurd. We all know what happened in the Capitol was terrible. I hope everybody involved that broke into the Capitol goes to jail. But I don't remember any of these house managers saying a damn thing when they were trying to break into my house and going after Susan Collins and spitting on all of us. Now there's a big difference between anyone who might have bothered Lindsey Graham in the past and what happened with these Trump supporters breaking into the Capitol. They were inspired and encouraged by Donald Trump, not just in the days, weeks, and months leading up to it, but on the very day that it happened.

And I want to just show you the first piece of evidence, okay? So let's take a look at one piece of evidence that was provided by the impeachment managers during the trial. Take a look. Well, some of you may say, well, who is paying attention anyway? Well, that mob was paying attention. Mike Pitts didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our country and our Constitution, giving states a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones, which they were asked to previously certify.

The U.S. demands the truth. So, Jank, that is what these insurrectionists were reading, a tweet from Trump as this attack was underway. They were clearly taking directions from Donald Trump. Well, we now know that as he was told that people had broken into the Capitol, he was watching. Apparently, according to one source, delighted. Mike Pence was within 100 feet of getting, catching up to the mob, having the mob catch up

to him. I don't know what kind of bloodbath there would have been with the Secret Service being there, but that was super dangerous. Trump has never apologized to him and tweeted in the middle of all that, another tweet, I guess, Mike Pence. So it is, and Lindsey Graham on that day, his life was in danger. So he's squirming around like a little pig, okay? Not because his life was in danger, but for the first time, he's like, oh, these are the consequences of my actions as a squealing little pig, right? So then at that point, he was frantically trying to call Trump. Trump wouldn't take his call because why would he talk to a little pig? And he thought, well, I got this mob all riled up to kill you guys. So sit there and take it, Lindsay. And at that

point, Lindsey was crying. And so when he came out and he was safe, he said, enough is enough. But God, it only took a couple of days for the pig to turn into what he is, back into it. So He starts squealing. I love crap. I love crap. We've seen it up. He's not guilty. You're just the most pathetic.

I'm just, look, I'm a bad person. I say really insulting things about Republicans who deserve it. And then I make them cry. And so I'm not a good liberal in that sense. And so Lindsay Graham will, you know, cry into whatever, you know, outfit he's got on. But let me give a classy person. Best Calib on Twitter said, whatever Trump has on Lindsay Graham can't be as damning as what Lindsey Graham is currently doing to Lindsey Graham.

And that's exactly right. What a pathetic little bitch he is. Yeah, I mean, you make a really good point because on that night when the Senate reconvened in order to finish what they had started earlier that day, Lindsay Graham gave this impassioned speech where he said enough is enough. But remember what that was followed by, Jank. It was followed by Trump supporters surrounding him at an airport and threatening him. And so I don't know how much of Lindsey Graham's actions are driven by his absolute fear regarding Trump's base. But all I do know is that this is not someone. I mean, he's a U.S. senator, someone in a tremendous position of power. And you would think that someone who gets to that point would show some courage

some leadership, some ability to think for him or herself. But we're not seeing that with Lindsey Graham at all. He's driven by fear. And that certainly appears to be what motivates most Republican lawmakers in this day and age. And it's absolutely pathetic and sad, especially from a party with supporters who claim that they're all alphas. In reality, they're all cowards and refuse to do the right thing. And remember, the Trump supporters were also chanting something very specific about Mike Pence, as he was doing what he was constitutionally required to do.

Let me remind you all of what that was. Bring my best, hey my best, hey my best, and my best, and my best, and my best. Guys, Anna, let me jump in here for a couple. Look, the house managers have done a brilliant job. And I told you guys, Jamie Rask is fantastic. And I'm really proud of it. But honestly, if I was them, the only tweak I would make is, every day I would start and end with the hang Mike Pence video.

So you Republican senators, you're going to cover up for the guy who encouraged that. And then after having seen it, never pauses. Guys, think about it. If I had done some speech that riled people up and I did not intend it. And they got so riled up, they went to try to execute someone, let alone execute someone that works with me. I would be deeply apologetic, not necessarily because I intended it. I'm giving Trump to benefit of the doubt if you're a Trump supporter there. But even in that best case scenario, even if you don't intend it, oh my God, they almost killed my vice president. I'm so sorry.

That's obviously not what I meant. Nope, not one word. Not one apology depends. And those Republican senators now think, oh, he didn't mind having his vice president executed. I'm going to vote for him because I'm the worst slime on earth. So let me go back to Lindsey Graham one last time. Now he says, just like Senator Ron Johnson did, what did Nancy Pelosi know and when did she know it? About what, you monsters? About that they were coming to kill her?

So what was your implication is she set up the Trump mob to come try to kill her and Pence? Come on, man. I mean, I'm not going to ask if you have no decency because you obviously don't, but instead I'll address it to the audience. No matter how low you ever feel, like, you know, your best friend turned on you, you can't pay the rent, you can't provide for your family, whatever it is that's crushing your soul. Remember, you'll never be as low as Lindsey Graham.

I don't care what the media says about his status or his stature or that he's a goddamn senator. What a pathetic, groveling little creature. And none of you will ever be as low as that slime. Well, let's move on to other potential prosecutions that could take place considering Donald Trump's efforts to undo our democratic process. Let's move on to the next story. Prosecutors in Georgia are launching a criminal probe into Trump's efforts to essentially overturn the results of the general election. And a huge piece of evidence that they plan on using in this case, of course, is Donald Trump's phone call to, you know, state.

representatives and the Secretary of State Brad Raffinsperger, in which he begged him to reverse Biden's win. Now, Fulton County prosecutor Fannie Willis sent a letter Wednesday to state government officials, including Raffins Perjure, requesting that the offices preserve documents related to the call, and that's according to a state official with knowledge of that letter. Prosecutors are also looking into several charges ranging from false statements to quote any involvement in violence or threats related to the elections administration. Raffinsperger, his office, has also opened a separate investigation into the phone call. The office confirmed that it had opened the inquiry after it received a complaint

about Trump's conduct. And for those of you who might have forgotten about the call, or maybe you haven't heard the call because so much news has happened since this was released, This is the call that Trump had with the Secretary of State of Georgia in an effort to overturn the election results. You should want to have an accurate election and you're a Republican. We believe what we do have an accurate election. No, I know you don't. No, no, you know. You don't have.

You don't have, not even close. You're off by hundreds of thousands of votes. You know what they did and you're not reporting it. That's a criminal, that's a criminal offense. And, you know, you can't let that happen. That's a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer. That's a big risk. But they are shredding ballots, in my opinion, based on what I've heard, and they are

removing machinery, and they're moving it as fast as they can, both of which are criminal fines, and you can't let it happen, and you are letting it happen. You know, I mean, I'm notifying you that you're letting it happen. So look, all I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more that we have because we won the state. Now remember, Georgia did two hand counts following the election results just to confirm that there wasn't any type of inconsistency or voter fraud or any issue like that. And each time they did it, it just reconfirmed what we already knew that Joe Biden won the state of Georgia. But Trump was undeterred and he kept pressuring the Secretary of State to find tens of thousands of ballots in order to fraudulently win the election.

Yeah. So look, on the issue of the insurrection that he's being tried for in the Senate now, on him constantly lying to provoke people, they definitely guilty. On the issue of saying fight like hell and some of the other words that he used go down in the capital, is it enough to say that he told them to do violence? I'm not sure. And so there's different standards for legal cases, et cetera. But in the case of Georgia, in the issue that you just heard, there is no answers for butts. It is crystal clear. He threatens them with basically arresting them and putting them in jail if they don't do what he says. He's the president of the United States. He says, you could be criminally responsible. I'm just telling you right now. I'm trying to look at for you and your lawyer who could all both go to jail, right? I mean, anyway, you heard the exact saying, exactly what he said a minute ago. And then he says, now, just find me one more vote than I need to win the election. That's it. It's crystal clear. If anybody did that, that was a lower level official, they'd be arrested immediately.

They would be tried. You can't go tell the Secretary of State, just go find me one more vote than I need. I don't care how you do, just find it. Otherwise, by the way, I'll threaten you. I'll threaten you. Now, guilty, massively guilty. If you had done it, you were running for a local office and you did that, you'd be in prison right now, guaranteed.

So is the president above the law or isn't he? Yeah, and I think that criminal prosecution is so important because I agree with the impeachment trial. I think that it needs to happen. But I'm also not naive enough to think that Republican senators are going to do the right thing. You need a two thirds majority in the Senate to vote in favor of convicting him. And honestly, watching this man get acquitted by the Senate again just leaves a really sick feeling in my stomach.

Criminal prosecution makes a lot of sense. And again, for me, this isn't about like, oh, I hate Trump and I want to see Trump suffer. No, for me, it's about ensuring that there isn't this precedent set indicating that the The president of the United States can engage in the type of behavior that Donald Trump engaged in acts of intimidation, asking for state officials to conduct voter fraud on his behalf, all of that stuff. If he doesn't face criminal prosecution for it, it sets a precedent and it sends a message to future Republican presidents that they can do this with impunity, that there's no worry in the world that there will be no consequences whatsoever. And that's unacceptable. It's just unacceptable. Could you imagine if Nancy Pelosi had called a secretary of state and said, just find me

11,780 votes because that's one more than I need. Otherwise, you might go to prison. What do you think Fox News would say? What do you think Republicans, how do you think Republicans would react? Of course. And by the way, they would be right to, of course. They said, no, no, you have to lock her up immediately. And they just say, look, it's, Anna, what it is, is I'm just sick of the privilege. I really am.

You know, in some ways, like, I, you know, I think the phrase why privilege leads to misunderstandings. But there is massive right wing privilege. They just feel like, oh, we can break the law. This is our country. We own it. We can do whatever we want. The law is to keep you down, not for justice. No, if you need justice, you're never going to get it, okay?

You think you were ever going to put away the cops that murder you? No way. And you look at the videos that the house manager showed. They're pushing the cops around like they own them. They're spitting on them, they're hitting them, they're killing them, they're calling him every name of the book and the cops let them do it because it's right wing privilege. They get to do whatever they want. So look, they were out man though.

So I kind of- Hold on Anna, the bottom line is, do we live in a country or laws or don't we? Are we just lying? And this whole country was just set up for white right wingers and the law and cops and everything else is just a sham just to keep us down. It's the opposite of justice, it serves injustice. Or are we ever, ever, ever going to live up to what we claim America stands for? So if you, real justice requires no one to be above the law, including God damn Trump.

And I don't care that 74 million people are in love with him and whatever they want dirty things they want to do with him. I don't care about your stupid cult. I care about America. Do we have laws? Do we have justice or don't we? If you're going to arrest us for the most ridiculous things like smoking pot and then let Trump go and break every law in the goddamn book, well, that's not what we signed up for. So no justice, no peace. Well, since we're talking about justice, I think it's also important to hold certain Republican lawmakers accountable for engaging in the exact same behavior. behavior. And the person I'm referring to here is Senator Lindsey Graham, who also made sure to give

Raffin Spurger a call and ask him for a little bit of a favor. Let me remind you of what that was. You described to the Washington Post a conversation you had with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Friday. You came away with the impression that he essentially wanted you to look for ways to toss out mail-in ballots. What exactly? did he say to you? Well, he asked if the ballots could be matched back to the voters. And then I got the sense implied that then you could throw those out for any really would look at the counties with the highest frequent error of signatures.

So that's the impression that I got. But, you know, we've got signature matching in place. We have signature match when you request the ballot, absolutely ballot. And then we have signature match when it comes in. and then with our new online absentee ballot portal, that has photo ID. And so we feel very confident that the election officials have done their job. And that's what they're charged to do is do their job and make sure the signature match. I just want to be clear on this, Mr. Secretary.

You say, Senator Graham wanted you to find ways to get rid of legally cast ballots because CNN asked them about these allegations. He denied them. He says that's ridiculous. His words, that's ridiculous. Well, it's just an implication that look hard and see how many ballots you could throw out. And I think that they're looking at that as part of a court case. And one actually was subsequently filed, wasn't it? Lindsay Graham should also be investigated for that accusation there because he engaged in exactly

what Donald Trump is currently facing impeachment, an impeachment trial for. And Lindsey Graham, along with other senators, including Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, have absolutely no business, getting a vote on whether or not to convict Donald Trump, considering the fact that they were accomplices to what Trump did. So, you know, if we're going to have a conversation about Trump, we need to have a conversation about Republican lawmakers as well. 100%. By the way, right before you went in that, one of our members, Jolly Good wrote in, hey, Jank, how about a public call for the investigation of Lindsay Graham's call to Georgia's Secretary of, state to get him to overturn a free election. He's vulnerable like Trump. Progressives should use it to get an investigation and possible prosecution. So look, I would love to call for one. And I love that you're pointing it out. You're literally one step ahead of us as we do the show. And that's why our members are so smart. And I love working with you guys. Now, having said that, so we can't

whole Trump accountable for a minimum of half a dozen super clear crimes. So my guess is they'll go soft on Lindsey Graham because the people in power view other people in power as gods and untouchable. So the idea that Lindsey Graham could serve prison time for breaking the law, I'm sure in Washington is thought as unthinkable, unimaginable. That is their beloved Lindsey Graham. Remember, as they're trying to commit a coup against Biden and Harris, Kamala Harris, you know, did a fist bump with Lindsey Graham on the center floor. Yeah, Diane Feinstein gave a bear hug, like, oh, they're the best friends. You think people inside the club are going to get Lizzie, let Lizzie Graham get arrested? No way. They'd

well, if he's next, then if they did it to him and would we all be accountable? And that to them is like the worst thing on planet Earth. I mean, imagine if we put them away, away for their insider trading, both Republicans and Democrats? No, no, don't worry. Defend Lisa Graham with their lives, including all the Democrats. I'll tell you that right now. Oh, don't worry, Jank. The Senate Ethics Committee investigated the insider trading, and they cleared these senators.

The Senate Ethics Committee, the other senators investigated it, and they found no wrongdoing. Okay, great. I mean, it's such a joke. It's such a joke. But anyway, we do have to take a break. Let's do that. And when we come back, we have an update on the Derek Chauvin case. That's the cop who murdered George Floyd in broad daylight.

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And of course, he doesn't. He grovels by nature. That's who he is. He just can't help himself. Cray Cray Sufflay says, thank God Rafsenberger recorded Trump's call. He definitely knew it was coming and prepared light years better than Trump and his administration did for the pandemic. And yeah, I mean, Trump. I mean, Trump, you don't think that call is going to get recorded, you moron.

But he thinks it's a perfect call because he's like, now remember, I just want you to follow the law, wink. No, you idiot, it doesn't matter if you wink. That's not a thing. You're so stupid. Anyway, the programmer Anon writes in, and this is very true. If they don't convince Trump, he may very well try to steal the next election again with his right wing cult apparatus, and then he'll never leave.

Guys, if we go back to that topic, I want to make that point on there. air because if they don't convict him, they can't ban him from politics. If they don't ban him from politics, he might come back and God knows how many Republican Secretary of States will cheat for him next time, ahead of time. And then if he gets in office, it is an absolute undisputable fact that he will end democracy. You can't, who couldn't see that? And we're going to let the fascists roam around. Like, oh yeah, maybe he'll come. back. Maybe he'll be a governor. Maybe he'll have Florida succeed and turn it into a tyranny and a dictatorship. Yeah, maybe. Let's go for it. Let's see what happens. There's no end to how

Craven Republicans are. Their politicians are the worst of the worst. They make Democrats look honest. Anyway, Robin McLean just joined up. Hit the join button below on YouTube. As you can tell, we're not a bashed up about our opinions. In fact, Charles Williams said, ha ha ha, Jenks, Lindsey Graham Grant was amazing. Thank you. You support the show. We can't do it without you. TSFL, GFDL, wrote in. We know many Republican politicians committed crimes for Trump. If he's convicted, it is easier for the Fed to investigate after. And if that happens, the depth of their crimes will be exposed. And so that's a very good reason why they're avoiding to acquit him. Otherwise, they might get convicted to all great points by our audience. I love it. We'll have more. We'll be back and saying.

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Yeah. Well, we have some updates on the quickly approaching George Floyd, Derek Chauvin case. So let's talk about that. The trial for former cop Derek Chauvin, and of course he's the cop who murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck in broad daylight, is quickly approaching less than 28 days away. And there are already some troubling signs for anyone who's hoping that justice will be served. Now, we're also learning about former Attorney General William Barr's role in all of this. So let's give you the details on that.

Chauvin's defense strategy, which has emerged in numerous court filings from his lawyer, Eric Nelson, is centered on presenting medical evidence that Floyd died of a drug overdose, rather than the fact that Derek Chauvin was kneeling on his neck and basically choked him to death. In a series of motions filed this week, Nelson, the lawyer, asked the court to allow testimony about Floyd's drug use and to forbid anyone at trial from referring to Floyd as a victim. So that is what the defense is going to really rest on. It's going to, the defense is going to argue that, you know, Derek Chauvin, you know, isn't the one who caused the death of George Floyd. George Floyd was on fentanyl. He had underlying health issues. And as a result, he died.

which, I mean, anyone who's an honest actor can see how ridiculous that case is, especially when you go back and watch that horrendous video of what Derek Chauvin did. In fact, I think it's important to watch that horrendous video of what Derek Chauvin did because sometimes time makes people forget the severity of the situation. And I do want to warn you guys, this is a graphic video, it's a difficult video to watch. But this is what the defense is arguing did not lead to the death of George Floyd. Take a look. Bro, with your feet on his neck, man, you get out.

His nose is bleeding. Like, come on him. Look at his nose. You see your knee on his neck. Yeah, he got your feet right on his neck up. I cannot breathe. I can not breathe. You're a tough guy.

You're a tough guy, huh? He's a tough guy. He's not even resisting arrest, bro. His whole nose is... Why are you just sitting there? He ain't doing nothing now. Put him in your car. How long y'all got to hold him down?

Why don't you do drugs, kids? You know that's bogus right now, bro. You know it's bogus. You can't even look at me like a man, because you go bum, bro. He's not even resisting arrest right now, bro. His nose is bleeding. You fucking stop and he's breathing right now, bro. You think that's cool?

That's cool? Get off of his neck. He's still on him, bro. Yes, look at that, bro. Are you serious? Bro, are you serious? And you're going to keep your, you're going to keep your, you're thinking on the neck. He and head, though.

Look at him. Just, no, listen, I'm a real man, bro. I'm the first person for me. I'm trying to be in, that thing. You guys aren't checking his pulse and doing compressions if he needs them. You guys are on another. Oh, my God.

If they need you, okay. They get dragging him like, come on now. And I have your name. One other troubling sign, Jank, is that the defense attorney succeeded in getting the other three cops who are on the scene to get tried separately from Derek Chauvin, meaning that during the trial, there won't be a possibility of them testifying against Derek Chauvin. And this is what the defense attorney wanted. So that's also a troubling sign. Wanted to get your thoughts before we get to William Barr's actions here. Yeah, so did I know they were going to try to blame George Floyd?

Of course, that's what they always do. Racists who murder black people then turn around and use racism as their defense. It's what they do every single time. Well, I killed him, but he wants the drugs. So, you know, a black man, and they had it coming. That's his defense. So look, if you were just looking at it from a legal perspective, you all saw the video, The jury's gonna see the video, everybody knows they murdered him.

We all saw it with our own eyes. So they're saying, well, look, even though you see him die on camera because I have my knee on his neck, but no, he died a second before I choked him to death because of his drug overdose. So your best case scenario is, well, Your Honor, yes, I threw him out the building, but he didn't actually die when he landed on the concrete. He died of a heart attack on the way down, so it's not my fault. No, no, no, no, that is not a valid defense. It is definitely your fault.

You definitely murdered him. And now the part that drives me crazy is, I mean, out of all of it, every part of it drives me crazy. But the insult to injury is when the lawyer says, you're not allowed to call him a victim. Yeah, yeah, that's like your opinion, man. If the judge entertains that, then it's a rigged trial. And the judge is also racist and wants to let him go because he's thinking, oh, I'm Look, man, now we're not allowed to kill black people anymore. Come on,

cops, if that's their job, isn't it? I mean, what are you going to say? You're not allowed to call him a victim? I mean, again, look, the judge hasn't ruled on that. But if the judge says no, you must call him a druggie and you must label him all, every racist thing in the world, but you're not allowed to call him a victim even though he died in front of your own eyes. Well, then the judge's in on it too. And it happens a billion times in this country. How many people have to be killed? Anna, you know, people don't get it. I saw an activist and he's very confident that this guy's going to get convicted.

I'm not at all confident. The other three cops, if they were part of the trial, by definition, they have to say, I didn't do it, that guy did it, right? But the minute the judge said, no, they're not going to get tried with him. They were saying he, Chauvin did it. I didn't do it. The judge makes that ruling, they immediately turn around and said, oh, Chauvin didn't do it.

I don't know what you're talking about. Oh, there we go, the blue line. Now that they asses off the line, they all rally around the murderer because that's what they do every time. That's right. And we're also learning some more details about how Derek Chauvin was willing to take a plea deal. He was willing to plead guilty and then take a plea deal and serve some time in prison. But William Barr actually intervened and prevented that from happening. So obviously, you guys can all remember after George Floyd was murdered, there was an uprising, the country. There were protests everywhere. The National Guard was deployed to, you know, to the area where Chauvin murdered George Floyd. And the New York Times reports that as soldiers

prepared to take to the streets, Derek Chauvin believed that the case against him was so devastating because it is that he agreed to plead guilty to third degree murder. As part of the deal, officials now say he was willing to go to prison for more than 10 years, Local officials scrambling to end the community's swelling anger scheduled a news conference to actually announce the deal. That's how close they came to making this happen. But then former attorney general, who was the attorney general at the time, William Barr got involved. The attorney general rejected the arrangement. The deal was contingent on the federal government's approval because Chauvin, who had asked to serve his time in a federal prison,

wanted assurance he would not face federal civil rights charges. And then the New York Times comes to a fascinating conclusion. I don't know how they came to this conclusion. I'm personally not buying it and they need to provide evidence for why they came to this conclusion. They argue that Barr worried that a plea deal so early in the process and before a full investigation had concluded would be perceived as too lenient by the growing number of protesters across America. Really? Is that a direct quote from William Barr? Where did they get that from? Yeah, well, I don't know if the audience at home knows this. If you've been watching TYT long enough,

you will. A lot of times reporters trade access for favors. And the favor is, I'll give you, I'll put you in a favorable light, right? So you give me some piece of information that I want. And this is all, you know, code, right? And so it's unspoken. deals oftentimes. And so, hey, give me access to some information. I'll get a headline out of it, and my profile will rise. And in return, I'll make it seem like you're the hero, that you were trying to protect the feelings of African American community. William Barr was, William Barr, that William Barr. I mean, he certainly has absolutely no history of doing that. What he has a history of doing is protecting law enforcement at every single turn. Now, look,

Is the case that maybe we shouldn't have taken that plea deal a debatable on? Yes, I think it is debatable. It's maybe 10 years would have been perceived as not enough. There's another wrinkle to it. There was going to be another state prosecutor brought in, not the local guys who usually work with those particular cops. And it was the old guys who work with the cops who made the deal, right? So the people might have seen that as questionable before the new prosecutors came in.

So that's a debatable question. But New York Times concluding that William Barr was the hero who stopped it, that seems like a very big stretch. And unless they have some real evidence, it makes me question why they wrote it that way. Well, let's move on to our next story because Tucker Carlson has some thoughts on the case. And he's just absolutely disgusting and horrendous. So as the trial for ex-cop, Derek Chauvin quickly approaches. And of course, Derek Chauvin is the one who murdered George Floyd and broad date.

like, Tucker Carlson is, you know, amping up his rhetoric regarding who Derek Chauvin was, what he actually did. But more importantly, he's going out of his way to basically demonize George Floyd as nothing more than a druggie who died because he was nothing more than a druggie. This is what you can expect from Tucker Carlson and his broadcast. So without further ado, Here's how he commented on the situation. There was no physical evidence that George Floyd was murdered by a cop. The autopsy showed that George Floyd almost certainly died of a drug overdose, fentanyl. But by that point, facts didn't matter.

It was too late. Cities had been destroyed, along with the fabric of this country itself. Scores of people had been killed. Democratic partisans used a carefully concocted myth, a lie, to bum rush America into overturning the old order and handing them much more power. It worked flawlessly. What does that even mean? Cops get to go around murdering people with impunity all the time. So what people who are protesting that are the ones in power or with power? And also for all the white people celebrating this, celebrating that ridiculous argument in defense of

Derek Chauvin, I know a lot of you are also addicted to drugs. And so you're setting an incredibly dangerous precedent when you say that it's okay for cops to manhandle you and murder you in broad daylight like that, as long as you got a little drugs in your system. It's disgusting, absolutely disgusting. George Floyd isn't here to defend himself. George Floyd was walking about. He seemed perfectly fine until Derek Chauvin decided to kneel on his neck and not let up until George Floyd was dead. I don't care what he had in his system. That's That argument from Tucker Carlson is absolutely disgusting. Yeah.

So day lie was such conviction that it makes me quadruple check the stories. Now we covered that story and we said it so many times on the air and I read it in every article. But the way Tucker Carlson said it, I went back and double checked. The coroner ruled it a homicide. He made it seem like, oh no, the coroner said it was definitely because of drug overdose. That's not what the coroner said at all, at all. The corner said it was a homicide.

Ted Carlson's like, oh yeah, no, I'll just lie to them. I'll lie so forcefully and besides which they want to believe me because they're racist. And they love that that cop kill that black man. And they love that the cops are willing to murder people for them so they don't ever come into suburbs in Biden's America, right? And Tucker Carlson loves it and he knows his audience. So all he's going to do is give a thing. Black man wants the drugs.

That's it, they're done. They're like, I knew it. And they'll say that while they're high. They're like, I knew black guys do drugs. Here, pass the toke or the Coke or whatever it is, right? And then he says, oh yeah, yeah, it was because they're the drugs, not because that poor, poor white man was kneeling on his neck. And his audience says that they're here for it.

You know, Fox News slipped to number three in the ratings on cable news, because they started losing rabid, insane right wingers to even more disastrous conspiracy theorist-minded right-wing outlets. So Tucker Carlson's like, oh yeah, I could amp it up. You see that murder that you can see with your own eyes of the obviously racist cop murdering a black man? I'll defend them on 200%. I'll go over the top to bring racist back. And so it's an interesting political strategy and media strategy. Good luck to you, Tucker. I hope you earn a couple more million dollars off of racist dupes. All right, let's take a break.

But when we come back, a story that I've been waiting to sink my teeth into, Betsy DeVos, former education secretary, is being protected by Biden's Justice Department. Lovely. Come right back. I'll share that story and more when we come back. I'm going to be. I'm going to be. I'm going to be.

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It's a good point. I mean, I can't. imagine the absolute rage that people will feel, myself included, if he, if justice isn't served in this case. Who is Biden? Me? Oh, right, writes in and says, the family should sue Tucker and Fox. I was thinking this as well, for libel as it's publicly known from the autopsy that it wasn't drugs that killed him. And I am muted on Skype. Oh, no, Jank is. Jank, you're muted on Skype. Effectos, writes in and says, well, prosecution should ask if Mr. Chauvin would be willing to have his neck kneeled on for nine minutes if he thinks

that wasn't what killed George Floyd. I mean, if they want to argue it was an overdose, then Chauvin should be perfectly fine with getting his neck crushed. Man, you guys are too strong. I love it. Shikata writes in and says, sadly, in many jurisdictions, a coroner does not need to be an MD or DO. I'm not sure what DO stands for, but you're absolutely right about that. That was actually pretty shocking. I watched a documentary about that last year, and I was pretty

shocked by that. Eileen writes in and says, now that the insurrectionists know the Republicans are afraid of them, they will become bolder, they will spread over into state houses, etc. Yes, that's why I don't agree with people who are like incredibly dismissive of this impeachment trial. the left and I think that it's perfectly fine to fight back against the notion of beefing up the surveillance state or the security state while also wanting to take what happened on January 6th seriously. Paula Tick-Tick-Tick-Tick-Ticks writes in and says it wasn't COVID, it was some other illness they had, it wasn't the cop kneeling on his neck, it was a drug overdose. See the pattern? Tommy, too strong, right? I'm gonna jump in for a second, okay? So it's the

Comment you read earlier is such a good point. So if I was a defense attorney, I'm sorry, if I was a prosecutor, I would say I'd like to do a demonstration here. I'd like to have myself kneel on Detective Schoven's neck for nine minutes. And then, and Detective Schoven, you haven't taken any drugs, right? So let's get this demonstration right. Now I know the judge would freak out and be like, no, you're not allowed to do the thing. Well, wait, why are you freaking out? I thought it was no big deal.

If he's not a druggy, it's not a problem, right? So hey, does anybody in the jury want to volunteer instead? Oh, right, nobody wants to have their neck stomped on for nine minutes because you'll die. Oh, right, that's why you should convict them. This is not a hard case, right? If they can't, but you know what guys, I'm not sure they're going to convict. Anyways, and Anna, sorry for cutting you off, Tommy Too Strong did have a great point about TYT Productions, next movie is also going to be fantastic, progressives,

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about this, Biden's Justice Department has decided to step in to protect former education secretary Betsy DeVos, who was held in contempt of court back in 2018 after she refused to follow a federal judge's orders to stop collecting student loan payments from students who had been defrauded from for-profit colleges. So the students are suing Betsy DeVos for good reason, and they want heard deposed. But the Justice Department stepped in, under Biden, to prevent Betsy DeVos from having to give a deposition. I'm so angry about this case. I knew Biden's administration would have all sorts of problems that someone like myself, a progressive, would be furious

about. This goes above and beyond, okay? Because you have federal judges who held her in contempt for not doing what she was ordered to do. She's being sued by students who had been defrauded. And Biden's Justice Department steps in is like, no, no, no, let's protect DeVos. We don't want her to pose. Why? Why? Okay, let me give you the detail. Sorry.

Can I answer that question? Because they're all in the club and they'd rather protect the club than protect you. So remember, Biden is the one that passed the bill that said that you can't, get rid of your student debt in the first place, the bankruptcy bill. And Biden was super proud of it. He's the one that put the albatross around our neck in the first place. So number one on the substance of it, it's not at all surprising. They're like, oh, Betsy DeVos, use education to rip people off. Yeah, the Biden administration is here for it. And then secondly, they're like, oh my God, you would dare question someone who was a secretary of education. We will not stand

for it. We are above the law. Go protect our beloved Betsy DeVos. So of course, they're all in the same goddamn club. It's just, it's so maddening, okay? So again, let me remind you, this case has to do with students who were found to be defrauded by for-profit colleges. What do I mean when I say defrauded? Corinthians colleges, DeVry, those types of for-profit colleges were found to have lied to potential students.

This was a discovery through lengthy investigations. Some of the things that they would do was lie about what they would receive through their education. They would take out tens of thousands of dollars in a student loan debt, okay? And then the students would be shocked to find out that the education that they received wasn't actually accredited, meaning that it means nothing, it's nothing. They don't have the proper credentials or certificates in order to get hired in whatever trade they went to these for-profit colleges for, okay? So they got scammed, they were scammed.

And after those investigations concluded that, the Obama administration indicated that all of those students who were defrauded were not to pay those student loans back, okay? Those student loans were to be forgiven. In comes Betsy DeVos, and Betsy DeVos is like, no, I'm gonna reverse what Obama did, I don't like it, because I love my for-profit college buddies. And she filled the education department with all these for-profit college executives. Okay, that's who Betsy DeVos is. Okay, a woman with multiple yachts, a tremendous amount of wealth, preying on the most powerless people in this country. And in comes Biden's Justice Department, intervening and playing, you know,

Just making sure that DeVos doesn't have to submit a deposition in this lawsuit that she's facing. I'm going to skip ahead to a few graphics. This is the reasoning that was given, okay? So the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida acting assistant attorney general Brian Boyton and other DOJ attorneys argued that students who were ripped off by for-profit colleges cannot depose former education secretary Betsy DeVos. This is what they wrote. The student's demand for a former cabinet official's deposition is extraordinary, unnecessary, and unsupported. It is a transparent attempt at harassment, part of a PR campaign that has been central to the student's litigation strategy from the outset. It should be rejected and the court should quash the subpoena. First of all, you guys are angry that they're getting attention. students and this lawsuit is getting attention. Remember, a federal judge held Betsy DeVos

in contempt after another federal judge had demanded that she stopped collecting student loan payments from these students. She was garnishing these students' wages. That's what she was doing through the education department. She didn't listen to the federal judge. She was held in contempt. Now she's being sued by these students and the Biden administration is coming to her rescue. It's disgusting. Go ahead, Shank. So just to jump in there, just so you know all the context. The judge says clearly these people were defrauded. DeVos herself says, yes, the degrees were, quote, worthless, okay? The judge orders them to not keep harassing those folks for payment because they shouldn't pay, right? And DeVos continues to charge them for 18 straight months and continues

to harass them to give money that they do not owe. And then I remember we'd cover the story. Someone had vandalized their 10th yacht, and I'm being literal there. I believe they had 10 yachts and they were worried that they would be down to 9, the DeVos family. And so I don't understand people like this. I just, I don't, I don't. So while you're crying about your 10th yacht, people who have no money and who you know were defrauded, you laugh and make them pay things they don't owe for all that time. And you defy a court order to do it. And when the Biden administration comes in, they think, oh, that's one of us, an elite. Someone at the club, I might run into her breakfast. So all of you, we're going to treat you like dirt because

we're elites and we're going to support DeVos instead. Besides which, I mean, the Biden administration is likely very filled with the same people in Obama administration, who were massively in favor of privatizing education, private schools, you name. Arnie Duncan is a giant advocate. He was the Secretary of Education under Obama, a giant advocate for taking money out of public schools and putting them into private schools. So when we see DeVos, we see someone who is so monstrous in her greed. When they see DeVos, they see someone sitting across from them at the club. She didn't just harass the students to make payments that they didn't have to pay based on what a federal judge said. She garnished their wages. She took money out of their paychecks.

She was held in contempt. It's amazing. Yeah, I know this is not how it works. But if there was any justice in the country, a judge would say, no, Betsy DeVos, you're personally responsible for the money you're, you stole from those people. You stole their wages for a debt they did not owe. You did it on purpose and against the court order. While you were laughing about it on your ninth goddamn yacht, you're under arrest. But of course, that's never going to happen in America, because in America, we have two different

justice systems, one that crushes you into smithereens, and it got to help you if you ever get caught. It doesn't matter if you're black, white or anything. It does matter, but the thing that matters most is if you're poor or middle class. But if you're rich, I mean, they called it affluenza. A judge literally ruled once that a rich kid doesn't know the consequences of his actions because in America, the rich are not held responsible for any of their crimes. And because of that, he let him go. That was a rape case, by the way.

What's that? No, that wasn't a rape case. I apologize. It wasn't. That was a kid who stole a vehicle, drove without a license, stole liquor, crashed on the side of the road hitting innocent bystanders, one person died. That was the affluenza case. That's the rape case of a where another rich kid raved someone and left her behind a dumpster, he also got off. But that was a different case. So they're just rubbing our nose in it now.

And so they did the whole thing about, oh, Biden, the kid from Scranton, oh, yeah, he's a real guy and stuff. Yeah, and then what happens? First thing, go defend Ben Betsy DeVos. All right, I'll give the last word to Chris, one of our members. He says, so you have Biden's Justice Department protecting DeVos. Meanwhile, ICE has gone rogue and he's ignoring that same Justice Department. Welcome to Biden's America. Exactly. Biden's America is where we all get rolled by Republicans and Biden stopped, you know, watches and oftentimes participates. If I was Biden and my ICE department is not following me, Somebody would be fired within the next day, and then the next day another person would be fired, and I had 12 fire, however many people I needed to fire until all of a sudden, hey, ICE complies with my order because I'm the president of the United States of America. So instead, he's too busy defending DeVos.

All right, let's take a break. I'm going to calm down. And when we come back, looks like there's some censorship going on in media outlets that you might not have expected. We'll give you that story and more when we come back. Thanks for listening to the full episode of the Young Turks. Support our work, listen to ad-free, access members-only bonus content, and more by subscribing to Apple Podcasts at apple.co slash t-y-t. I'm your host, Shank Huger, and I'll see you soon.