WPKN Archives: 11.23.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump's attack on the U.S. Constitution; Repairing our broken system of checks and balances; Assessing the threat of Trump-GOP fascism/authoritarianism & CCAG campaigns for CT public healthcare option

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Original Aired:
Monday, November 23rd, 2020
8:01PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
2 hours, 3 minutes

Posted:
Monday, November 23rd, 2020 8:07PM

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connecticut healthcare coup election biden fascism constitution trump aca lawsuits publicoption medicaid 2020 coronavirus pandemic undemocratic husky4more legislativeagenda


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Episode: 11.23.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump's attack on the U.S. Constitution; Repairing our broken system of checks and balances; Assessing the threat of Trump-GOP fascism/authoritarianism & CCAG campaigns for CT public healthcare option

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Caroline Fredrickson is the former President of the American Constitution Society, Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Georgetown Law School and Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice. She examines the outcome of the 2020 election, Trump's refusal to concede, bogus lawsuits launched to throw out hundreds of thousands of ballots - and the damage being done to our nation's democratic institutions.

2) Kevin Harris, Campaigns Manager with People For the American Way, talks about the outcome of the 2020 election, Trump's refusal to concede, bogus lawsuits launched to throw out hundreds of thousands of ballots - and the damage being done by the Trump's regime's active campaign to deny the incoming Biden administration the standard transition govt. access needed, above all to address the exponential deadly spread of the coronavirus across the U.S.

3) Christopher Vials, an Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut-Storrs, where he also serves as the Director of American Studies. Co-editor of "The U.S. Antifascism Reader" with Bill Mullen, Professor Vials talks about Donald Trump's unprecedented refusal to concede his election defeat, actively blocking a peaceful transfer of power to the incoming Biden administration - and summarizes the points raised in his recent Jacobin Magazine article, "Here’s What We Learned About the Far Right From Donald Trump’s Presidency."

4) Ann Pratt, Director of Organizing at the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, discusses CCAG's post-election state legislative agenda, including the group's Husky4More campaign to provide greater state-wide access and affordability to healthcare.

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