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Sam Seder Knows His Viral Debate Was ‘a Little Bit Disturbing’
“I was an MSNBC contributor once, but I believe I’m reaching a more important segment of people doing this.”
This week, the lone representative was Sam Seder, host of the progressive internet radio show and podcast The Majority Report, who engaged in a rhetorical gauntlet with an eclectic group of young and diverse Trump supporters. The full 90-minute YouTube version crossed a million views in just a few days, with its reach further elevated by clips flying across social media and a cottage industry of response videos generated in its wake. What I did not anticipate is that everybody who would sit down with me would say, “No, actually, I am those things, and I’m so happy I voted for Trump.” I wasn’t fully prepared for people to, almost from the get-go, accept the claim and then proudly proclaim that theocracy or white nationalism is the explicit agenda.
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