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Alex Gibney

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
735 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

Yeah, so that, I mean- You had evangelical Christians who were fiercely anti-abortion, but they weren't getting over. They needed money. You had people with money who wanted to deregulate the American political system because they didn't want things like laws that regulated the amount of pollution that they could dump into rivers and lakes and any regulations on cigarettes or anything like that.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

But those causes weren't very popular. So the deal was basically, we'll put up the money, we the billionaires will put up the money and you'll give us the emotional fervor that we need for a political campaign. we'll help to fund the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and you'll help to turn the evangelical movement into a deregulatory movement so that we can destroy

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

But those causes weren't very popular. So the deal was basically, we'll put up the money, we the billionaires will put up the money and you'll give us the emotional fervor that we need for a political campaign. we'll help to fund the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and you'll help to turn the evangelical movement into a deregulatory movement so that we can destroy

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

But those causes weren't very popular. So the deal was basically, we'll put up the money, we the billionaires will put up the money and you'll give us the emotional fervor that we need for a political campaign. we'll help to fund the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and you'll help to turn the evangelical movement into a deregulatory movement so that we can destroy

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

all the laws that protect the citizens, you know, and enrich us.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

all the laws that protect the citizens, you know, and enrich us.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

all the laws that protect the citizens, you know, and enrich us.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

We should be free. Right. Yeah, that's right.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

We should be free. Right. Yeah, that's right.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

We should be free. Right. Yeah, that's right.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

Yeah, well, you can see how religion's being weaponized now as we see what's happening with anti-Semitism, you know, and how it's basically trying to be used to destroy something called habeas corpus, which is the very foundation of the rule of law. But I also think that the other, you knowโ€”

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

Yeah, well, you can see how religion's being weaponized now as we see what's happening with anti-Semitism, you know, and how it's basically trying to be used to destroy something called habeas corpus, which is the very foundation of the rule of law. But I also think that the other, you knowโ€”

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

Yeah, well, you can see how religion's being weaponized now as we see what's happening with anti-Semitism, you know, and how it's basically trying to be used to destroy something called habeas corpus, which is the very foundation of the rule of law. But I also think that the other, you knowโ€”

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

There's an interesting character in the film, this guy, Reverend Bob Schenk, who's an evangelical minister. And he was a very radical anti-abortion activist who was literally, you know, carrying fetuses to.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

There's an interesting character in the film, this guy, Reverend Bob Schenk, who's an evangelical minister. And he was a very radical anti-abortion activist who was literally, you know, carrying fetuses to.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

There's an interesting character in the film, this guy, Reverend Bob Schenk, who's an evangelical minister. And he was a very radical anti-abortion activist who was literally, you know, carrying fetuses to.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

He definitely was close to that. But anyway, they want to infiltrate the Supreme Court ultimately. And so he has that phrase, the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous. And he says, we'll baptize the billionaire's money. We can do that. You know, it sort of reminds you of the indulgences of the Catholic Church from way back in the day.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

He definitely was close to that. But anyway, they want to infiltrate the Supreme Court ultimately. And so he has that phrase, the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous. And he says, we'll baptize the billionaire's money. We can do that. You know, it sort of reminds you of the indulgences of the Catholic Church from way back in the day.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

He definitely was close to that. But anyway, they want to infiltrate the Supreme Court ultimately. And so he has that phrase, the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous. And he says, we'll baptize the billionaire's money. We can do that. You know, it sort of reminds you of the indulgences of the Catholic Church from way back in the day.

The Chuck ToddCast
Dark Money Has Corrupted American Politics

So this weird corruption of religion, because, you know, evangelical Christians end up supporting somebody like Donald Trump, who, you know, would otherwise be anathema to everything that evangelical Christians do.