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Blue Wave Fallout: Trump, Impeachment & Undecided Races · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: Two Senate races are still too close to call, and
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  Speaker 1: in one state, just a handful of votes could determine
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  Speaker 1: who wins.
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  Speaker 2: I want to make sure everybody knows that a plurality
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  Speaker 2: wins this election.
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  Speaker 3: There are no runoffs.
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  Speaker 1: Plus, Democrats are preparing to take control of Congress, and
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  Speaker 1: President Trump is already facing questions about another impeachment.
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  Speaker 3: Are you concerned about it?
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  Speaker 2: Not even a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: But there's one investigation in particular that could put his
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  Speaker 1: administration under a microscope. And we're breaking down who showed
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  Speaker 1: up at the polls and who helped deliver the blue wave,
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  Speaker 1: including the blue block that overwhelmingly backed Democrats. It's Friday,
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  Speaker 1: November 6th. From the Black Effect Podcast Network, I'm Mimi Brown.
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  Speaker 1: This is Front Page. And here are the day's biggest stories.
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  Speaker 1: Stay with me. The election may be over, but the
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  Speaker 1: counting isn't. And while Democrats are celebrating their victories across
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  Speaker 1: the country, There are still some major races that haven't
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  Speaker 1: been decided. We start with two Senate races that are
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  Speaker 1: still too close to call in Mississippi and in Alaska.
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  Speaker 1: And these aren't just close races. We're talking about contests
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  Speaker 1: where every vote would make the difference. In Mississippi, Democrat
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  Speaker 1: Scott Colum is trying to unseat Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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  Speaker 1: At one point, fewer than 50 votes separated the two candidates.
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  Speaker 1: Think about that. In an entire state, the race was
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  Speaker 1: so closed that a few dozen voters could have made
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  Speaker 1: the difference. And then another batch of ballots came in
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  Speaker 1: and Colum pulled ahead by more than 1,000 votes. With 96%
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  Speaker 1: of the votes counted, there are still thousands of ballots
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  Speaker 1: left to count. And Colum says he is confident those
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  Speaker 1: remaining votes will put him over the top.
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  Speaker 4: The people of Mississippi turned out in historic numbers to
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  Speaker 4: make this race possible in a midterm election. We are
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  Speaker 4: going to win this. We have already showed the country
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  Speaker 4: that Mississippi matters, y'all. I'm going to fight for the
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  Speaker 4: issues that actually matter to you. Wages, jobs, health care, costs.
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  Speaker 4: That's what I ran on and that's what I'm going
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  Speaker 4: to focus on. That's what I'm going to deliver.
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  Speaker 1: Now, even with that lead, this race has not been called.
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  Speaker 1: Election officials still have to count those outstanding ballots before
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  Speaker 1: we know who will represent Mississippi in the Senate.
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  Speaker 2: And I want Mississippians who voted by affidavit because they
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  Speaker 2: didn't have voter ID, they have until Tuesday, November 10th
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  Speaker 2: to fix it. Call 888-300-4350 and we'll help. Let me say.
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  Speaker 4: That number again.
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  Speaker 2: If you need help because you didn't have your photo
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  Speaker 2: ID or any help with your affidavit.
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  Speaker 4: Ballot, call 888-300-4350. We are here to help because we
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  Speaker 4: are going to protect the integrity of the process.
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  Speaker 1: In Alaska, Democrat Mary Patola holds a slight lead over
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  Speaker 1: Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, but 74% of the vote counted.
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  Speaker 1: But here's why we may not know the winner for
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  Speaker 1: a few more weeks. Alaska uses something called Ranked Choice Voting.
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  Speaker 1: And I want to explain what that means because it's
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  Speaker 1: different from how most states hold elections. Instead of picking
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  Speaker 1: just one candidate, Alaska voters can rank the candidates they
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  Speaker 1: like in order. So if you have your first choice,
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  Speaker 1: your second choice, and so on, if no one gets
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  Speaker 1: more than 50% of the vote, the candidate with the
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  Speaker 1: fewest votes is eliminated. Then if you voted for that person,
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  Speaker 1: your vote can move to the next choice. That process
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  Speaker 1: continues until someone gets the majority. So even though Patola
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  Speaker 1: is ahead right now, that doesn't automatically mean she's won.
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  Speaker 1: The ranked choice count is scheduled for November 18th, and
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  Speaker 1: Alaska expects to certify those final results November 25th. This
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  Speaker 1: would mean voters would be waiting nearly three weeks after
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  Speaker 1: Election Day to find out who won this Senate seat. Now,
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  Speaker 1: while those races are still being decided, Democrats are preparing
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  Speaker 1: to take control of Congress. And with that blue wave
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  Speaker 1: comes a major shift in power in Washington. Democrats will
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  Speaker 1: have the ability to hold hearings, demand documents, and investigate
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  Speaker 1: the Trump administration. And there's already talk about whether Trump
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  Speaker 1: could face impeachment for a third time. He was asked
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  Speaker 1: about the possibility while speaking to reporters at the White House.
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  Speaker 2: I can't tell you that. They may tell you, but
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  Speaker 2: I can't.
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  Speaker 3: Now impeachment is.
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  Speaker 4: One thing, but even.
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  Speaker 3: Without impeachment, Democrats can launch investigations into the president and
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  Speaker 3: his administration.
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  Speaker 1: And they're already talking about what they want to examine.
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  Speaker 1: Congressman Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee,
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  Speaker 1: says Democrats are preparing several investigations.
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  Speaker 3: As we move forward and I take over the chairmanship
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  Speaker 3: in January, we're going to be focused like a laser
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  Speaker 3: on four major areas. And I want to discuss those
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  Speaker 3: with you today. The first is we're going to take
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  Speaker 3: on the Trump crime family. The amount of grift and
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  Speaker 3: corruption is unprecedented in American politics. You have Don Jr.,
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  Speaker 3: whose wedding is being paid for by a Russian oligarch.
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  Speaker 3: You have Jared Kushner, who got $ 2 billion from the
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  Speaker 3: Saudis when he left the White House. You have another
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  Speaker 3: son that is on, of course, the board of companies
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  Speaker 3: that are getting contracts from the Pentagon. The president himself
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  Speaker 3: has a crypto scheme where he's making billions of dollars.
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  Speaker 3: This family is billions richer. as the American public struggle.
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  Speaker 3: Our second investigation is focused on DHS and the abuses
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  Speaker 3: of ICE. Our third major investigation revolves around corporate corruption.
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  Speaker 3: While you're struggling, CEOs and companies across this country are
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  Speaker 3: making record profits. They're putting in place systems of surveillance
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  Speaker 3: pricing so that when you go to the supermarket, you
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  Speaker 3: might be paying a different price than your neighbor.
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  Speaker 1: And that fourth investigation Garcia is referring to would focus
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  Speaker 1: on the Epstein files. That means Democrats want to take
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  Speaker 1: a closer look at the government's handling of records connected
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  Speaker 1: to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender whose case has
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  Speaker 1: raised questions for years about powerful people and what the
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  Speaker 1: government knew. And here's why that matters. When the party
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  Speaker 1: controls the House, it can use congressional committees to investigate
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  Speaker 1: the executive branch, request records, and call witnesses to testify.
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  Speaker 1: That doesn't automatically mean Trump will be impeached, but what
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  Speaker 1: it does mean is his administration could face a new
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  Speaker 1: level of scrutiny. And finally, we're getting a closer look
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  Speaker 1: at who showed up at the polls and how those
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  Speaker 1: voters delivered this major shift in Washington. Black women were
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  Speaker 1: once again among Democrats' highest and strongest supporters. According to
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  Speaker 1: reported voter polling, 94% of Black women voted for Democratic candidates.
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  Speaker 1: That's an overwhelming majority. And we're also seeing some major
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  Speaker 1: changes among voters who supported President Trump just two years ago.
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  Speaker 1: Latino voters shifted 21 points toward Democrats compared to 2024.
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  Speaker 1: Asian American voters also moved 21 points toward Democrats, and
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  Speaker 1: young voters made one of the biggest shifts of all.
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  Speaker 1: Voters between 18 and 29 backed Democrats by 48 points.
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  Speaker 1: To put that in perspective, that's an even bigger margin
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  Speaker 1: than the one former President Obama received from young voters
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  Speaker 1: during his historic 2008 election. And there were changes among
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  Speaker 1: white voters, too. Republicans still won the majority of white men,
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  Speaker 1: but their support dropped to 55%. Among white women, Republican
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  Speaker 1: support fell to 47%. And black men, they showed up.
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  Speaker 1: They also were the second largest voting bloc for Democratic candidates.
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  Speaker 1: So when you look at these numbers all together, you
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  Speaker 1: can see how Democrats were able to win in places
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  Speaker 1: where Republicans have been successful just two years earlier. Black
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  Speaker 1: women remained overwhelmingly Democratic, while young voters, Latino voters, Asian
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  Speaker 1: American voters, and even some traditionally Republican-leading groups moved toward Democrats.
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  Speaker 1: And those shifts helped change the balance of power in Washington.
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  Speaker 1: That's your Front Page. I'm Mimi Brown. This podcast was
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