Riff: Trump As Bernie’s Press Secretary ft. Ben Burgis (TMBS 121)

[@EdwardNoguera]

Liberals do not like leftists. After all this Warren BS, I have no second choice. Yes I am in a swing state. Cry about Trump, but it is on D leaders to do their job as “Resistance”. Justice Ds care, at best. No one else excites voters and nonvoters like Sanders. Full stop. Love the show ✊✌️

[@stangoff2216]

Have Ben deconstruct Warren's idiotic fallacy about only women on the stage being winners. Please.

[@unitedfools3493]

Only Native American Indian women!

[@cf453]

Definitely this.

[@0498kizerb]

Looked into Georgia State University. I didn’t know it was such a diverse university, Dr. Burgis. Left is Best

[@raymondnickolas608]

I swear I love the limitless potential of MB and his team. Thanks for the content.

[@r.h.f.6073]

i love how michael cracks up every time he plays the intro song

[@LeeePowers]

"There's abundant evidence at this point,that that's 🐂💩." Love that line.

[@ailblentyn]

I was thinking "Where's the song???"

[@franglish9265]

Rest in power Michael Brooks.

[@IanMcGarrett]

When they mentioned the implausibility of Pete Buttigieg beating Trump I thought they were being unfair but then again... and at that moment a strange sort of giddiness overcame me... scales dropping from my eyes about the absurdity of what we hilariously call conventional wisdom, as in for example pundits citing the conventional wisdom that ANY of the candidates (what was it 24 hats in the race at one time?) would beat Donald Trump. Marianne Williamson dropped out a week ago and my first reaction was "She was still in it?" ...and she has expressed disappointment as if it is someone else's fault that she came across as delusional and narcissistic. Which gets me back to my original point which was that maybe, just maybe there were some candidates on that stage who might conceivably have almost zero percent chance of beating Donald Trump. And not just because they project an image which is not quite the image they have of themselves. Perhaps some of them have gone along with another bit of conventional wisdom that to beat Trump they have to show themselves as willing to duke it out with the same techniques as Donald Trump, that that is what is lacking in Dem politics. To that end some may have adopted a strategy of lying and smearing and bullying... not pointing any fingers, that wouldn't be polite, but there is a strain of conventional wisdom which says that Dems have to go that rough and tumble route. Is that what America needs? Worse still, can there be anything more delusional than thinking that they can lie more or lie bigger or smear more or bully more than Donald Trump, especially as he has not only himself but an enormous political apparatus at his disposal that also has expertise in that kind of ratfuckery. I think that most of the candidates left have vulnerabilities and baggage and political tone deafness and leadership inadequacies which would cause them to lose to Donald Trump. From a policy standpoint Bernie Sanders has far and away the best platform in my estimation - every other platform comes across to me as weak and compromised and alas I suspect it may bias me in his favor in other aspects of his campaign. That being said, I think he has the best campaign structure, generates the most enthusiasm, and shows the most willingness to tap into that enthusiasm when he gets elected. And those are the qualities America needs to beat Donald Trump and to get things accomplished which need to be accomplished.

[@9000ck]

Great comment.

[@chadjohnson3737]

Big W for the Red Wings shirt. People from the D what’s up?

[@HockeyTownHooligan5]

chad johnson LGRW

[@HockeyTownHooligan5]

Ben Burgis a Wings fan too!!!??? Oh hell yeah.

[@StannisHarlock]

Ben loves his song.

[@barbarajohnson1442]

Thank you for saying that, most of the people I know- "progressives" that don't want Bernie are Jewish.

[@louisvelazquez29]

I don't get Michael's take on voting for Hillary in 2016. Tensions were high in Syria (and Russia, for being an ally to Syria) and Hillary was one of the maniacs who really wanted to go to war with Assad. World War 3 would've come 4 years earlier, and Bill was the one who quadrupled the funding for the border wall in '95, which includes the militarization of the border. Bad take Mike 🤔

[@lisakukla459]

The thought of brunch being gone forever makes me deeply sad.

[@LittleLargeMouth]

I love when Ben is in studio

[@kirbycollins3223]

Next Time Please Tell Ben to Wear a Chicago Black Hawk's Tee Shirt!🥰👍😉

[@richzito]

LOGIC

[@unitedfools3493]

Amazin'

[@shimes424]

Larry David for Bernie's press secretary *PLEASE!!*

[@jonnyvelocity]

"Ya suspect. Yeah, you..."

[@derpgeez]

is it Moon Dog with the phat dub riddims? 🔥🔥🔥

[@brianvalero6272]

This is based on data

[@jameswilhite9561]

Nice riffing daddyo

[@lawrencebaer1291]

Eh, if Hillary was voted in Bernie would never have a chance to be president.

[@thanatos_0.]

Lawrence Baer You're exactly right! Don't ever expect Michael to understand this though.

[@jonathandb91]

Hillary would have been just as militaristic as Trump if not moreso. She promised war with Iran

[@louisvelazquez29]

@@jonathandb91 and Syria who is being supported by Russia. A vote for Hillary would've been a vote for WW3, I don't understand Michael's reasoning for this one.

[@thanatos_0.]

Louis Velazquez Good point. I think Michael can't see this clearly. His emotions get in the way here and perhaps this is the effect of Sam Seder's rubbing off on him.

[@Zootmaster]

to anyone who thinks the above is a worthwhile thought - 3 little letters E - P - A

[@jcrardawgs428]

When Bernie is President you will realize you were wrong about us not voting for Hillary in swing states.

[@just-Banks]

7:29

[@ramses1134]

why is there no BETA in the ben burgis intro song?

[@sinomirneja771]

Soo, Ben, what is "x shaming," it's when you discomfort someone because they disagree with you. Shouldn't our decision be based on logic, and lot cultural pressure? So shaming being active application of cultural pressure might be wrong in all cases (now you may argue in some cases the end justifies the means.)

[@thanatos_0.]

Sinom Irneja Well put. It was very disappointing to see Ben nod mindlessly in agreement with Michael on this one. :/

[@crumplepunch312]

I'm a fan of the show and I consider myself a leftist, but I genuinely don't enjoy Trump. That's not a moralistic thing, I kind of wish I did. It's disconcerting and destabilizing to have people I am usually on the same wavelength with like Michael say how entertaining/funny he is.

[@jessedimmick555]

Randomly referencing Elizabeth Warren at 9:25 out of nowhere, weird.

[@marcrleblanc18]

Following Trump's all forms of communication is the same has binging daily on junk food... garbage in garbage out eventually. Anger and outrage rises to the point of not being able to present anything real and new other than promoting garbage. Just quit going for junk