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An Irishman Abroad

What’s A Bit Violence Between Friends? - Irishman In America With Marion McKeone

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Is the low level threat of violence becoming normalised in US politics? Marion McKeone examines this question the light of a few very worrying incidents over the past year. It's been a crazy two weeks on The Hill. Jarlath and Marion look back on the big stories and try to predict what might happen next. Come over to Patreon to hear an extra 40 minute discussion of the humanitarian crisis in Gazza, George Santos's fraud charges, P Diddy's new rape allegations and much much more. www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Why not email us your questions [email protected] - don't forget to rate, comment and subscribe to the podcast - it helps the show a massive amount.

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0:00.0

My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be president of the United States, I could be, I could be vice president.

0:06.9

Former vice president Joe Biden has been elected president of the United States.

0:13.1

It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.

0:17.3

We will be back in some form.

0:19.3

We are still deeply divided.

0:24.6

Public health experts warned this was coming unless more was done, and here we are now. Are you proud of what happened here today?

0:26.6

Absolutely.

0:27.6

Never before in American history, has there been an uprising like this?

0:31.6

Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,

0:38.2

dear God, what was I thinking? But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this

0:43.5

fight. Character matters. It matters. Tell them the truth matters. The 21st century is going to be

0:50.4

the American century, because we lead not only by the example of our power but by the power

0:58.6

of our example. That is the history of the journey of America. I had wondered what Kevin McCarthy

1:06.2

was up to since losing the role of speaker. It emerged this week. He's just roaming the halls,

1:11.8

pushing his opponents into lockers, dropping sneaky digs into their backs. Marion Mceona

1:17.4

the Sunday Business Post is back for our new bi-monthly roundup of what's really happening

1:23.2

in America. Marian, it's hard to believe that by this time next year, we will have had the next

1:28.8

presidential election. It'll be behind us. It felt so far away for so long, but now the countdown,

1:35.0

I guess, is reeling on. And things are getting testy, you'd have to say. Aside from Kevin McCarthy,

1:40.9

everything feels a little more tense. It does. But first, Charlotte, can I say,

1:45.6

I am great to be, I am great to be back. I am grateful and it is great to be back. I mix

1:51.4

those you up together. And I now finally know what bi-monthly means, because I could never tell

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