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The Bitchuation Room

Bullets & Ballots with Dave Weigel, Nato Green & Gina Viola (Ep 139)

The Bitchuation Room

TYT Network

News Commentary, News, Comedy, Government

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Good guys with guns are also bad. Every detail that emerges about the Uvalde, Texas shooting at an elementary school is worse than the last. The takeaway remains the same: we need gun control NOW. If there isn’t the political will, the people are gonna have to make it so. Comedian and union organizer Nato Green is back to discuss the details of another somber week in America. Dave Weigel, political reporter for the Washington Post, also joins to break down both parties’ strategy in a midterm/primary season that is swimming in SuperPAC cash. And even still, progressive have claimed victories! Finally, LA mayoral candidate Gina Viola on why neither Karen Bass nor Rick Caruso are delivering what Los Angeles desperately needs. Finally a *BONUS BISH* on Eric Adams becoming Dems new pro-cop darling, and a positive update on US-Cuba relations. Become a patron at www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to watch and listen. Featuring: Nato Green, comedian https://twitter.com/natogreen Dave Weigel, political reporter at the Washington Post https://twitter.com/daveweigel Gina Viola, candidate for LA mayor https://twitter.com/GinaForLA, https://ginaforla.com/ @LA VOTE JUNE 7th! The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every Sunday at 5/8pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchationroom or via Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The candidates I talked to, they're becoming more realistic about how hard it is to have the money dumped on you.

0:05.2

It's nice to believe, oh, if we mobilize enough and knock enough doors, we can overwhelm this.

0:10.9

But one reason you're seeing Bernie Sanders get more involved in calling this out is he saw this is pretty effective he saw the Democratic majority for Israel

0:17.4

their dry run for what they're doing was spending money against Bernie Sanders in Iowa

0:22.6

and other states in 2020,

0:24.0

just trying to knock him out.

0:25.5

That was pretty effective,

0:26.5

and Bernie Sanders had a very large grassroots campaign,

0:29.5

I mean, understanding it almost. Hello, welcome to the situation room. My God, what a heinous week and here we are getting through it together.

0:57.0

Frantifa mount up. Thank you for pressing play. Thank you for being here. Thank you for joining me, your host

1:05.6

Francesca Fiorentini on another Sunday evening or whenever you're listening to this,

1:10.0

we've got a great show for you today and by great I mean also sad so if anyone needs to

1:16.4

cry we will put you in a separate chat which is just a place to cry. It's just a, you know, we press pause and instead of taking a deep breath, you just deep sob. And I feel like that's the point that we're at in this country also rage.

1:34.0

We have another room.

1:35.0

It would be the rage room.

1:37.0

Everything is fire retardant.

1:40.0

So feel free, burn shit shit down it won't burn yeah any who that also is

1:48.0

the Senate also known as the Senate chambers just kidding I believe in non-violent Senate Chambers. Just kidding.

1:53.0

I believe in nonviolence in theory.

1:56.0

You guys, we have such a good show.

1:58.0

We're going to talk obviously about the mass shooting in Yuvalday.

2:01.0

We're going to get through just the roller coaster of a week that it's been in terms of the

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