We here at Team TGS have been working on ways to give you more bang for your buck, and we’ve got a new feature ready to roll out right now. Periodically, Nikita Petrov and Mark Sussman, my creative director and editor, respectively, will bring to my attention topics, news, and other content that I would not otherwise come across, and invite me to react to them. There will be a lot of experimentation. We may discuss politics one week, philosophy or science another, perhaps relationships the week after that. Knowing Nikita, I won't be surprised if we end up talking about UFOs, the simulation theory, and psychedelic research at some point in the future.
In the first installment of this series, Nikita presents a handful of clips featuring the comic Shane Gillis (who made an appearance at my first Comedy Cellar show) talking with Louis C.K. about Donald Trump. The clips are drawn from a series in which the comics discuss every US president, and Nikita selects parts of the conversation that focus on the political tensions that brought Trump to power and continue to fuel political debates in this country.
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The problem with the 2020 election was numerous ranging from the pandemic to election gamesmanship. Voting laws were changed in ways that could have been unconstitutional. The reason given was we were under state of emergency due to pandemic. Nearly 1/2 billion dollars of private money poured into NGOs to increase votes. There was abnormally high irregularities on election day. Maybe all this was legal maybe it wasn't. Maybe it would have changed the outcome maybe it wouldn't. We don't know because for 2 plus months there was no serious investigation. Possibly because the 2020 covid 19 election was so deranged by all the pandemic state of emergency changes nobody in the establishment really knew where to start or wanted to take it on. Under these conditions it would be human to say "let's just get past this and move on." This frustrated a large number of people. They felt "disfranchised." Add to that that there is a "peaceful transfer of power" schedule that put every one under pressure not to take the time to investigate. This further frustrated the large group of disfranchised individual. This just scratches surface of all the complexities that led to the riot on January 6. An attack on Democracy by Trump not what happened on January 6. That is how I see it.
BTW I have never voted for Trump. I have never actively supported Trump. That said the man has stood up to relentless attacks and is still standing. That is impressive.
This was enjoyable. Glenn does a good job of presenting passionate views while weaving in a genuine sense of humility. Thanks for the post.