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Jay Inslee

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The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

It's not the preferred way to keep our Constitution intact. The preferred way is for people to get out on the street in peaceful protest and college presidents saying, I'm not going to deal with you, and law firms saying, I'll see you at court, and school district administrators teaching their kids on this subject. That's what's going to ultimately restrain this situation.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

So this is a movie that has been played quite a number of places around the world before. How this movie turns out, we don't know yet. But it's a movie that will turn out very badly if individual organizations and individual people decide to feed the crocodile. Here's what I mean.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

So this is a movie that has been played quite a number of places around the world before. How this movie turns out, we don't know yet. But it's a movie that will turn out very badly if individual organizations and individual people decide to feed the crocodile. Here's what I mean.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

So this is a movie that has been played quite a number of places around the world before. How this movie turns out, we don't know yet. But it's a movie that will turn out very badly if individual organizations and individual people decide to feed the crocodile. Here's what I mean.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

Winston Churchill, as fascism was raising in Germany, and everybody was saying, well, he's okay, you know, we'll go along with this guy with a mustache for a while, whose name I won't mention. And Churchill said, you know, it's a really bad strategy to feed a crocodile in the hopes that he will eat you last.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

Winston Churchill, as fascism was raising in Germany, and everybody was saying, well, he's okay, you know, we'll go along with this guy with a mustache for a while, whose name I won't mention. And Churchill said, you know, it's a really bad strategy to feed a crocodile in the hopes that he will eat you last.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

Winston Churchill, as fascism was raising in Germany, and everybody was saying, well, he's okay, you know, we'll go along with this guy with a mustache for a while, whose name I won't mention. And Churchill said, you know, it's a really bad strategy to feed a crocodile in the hopes that he will eat you last.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

And I think that just defines why these decisions have been so damaging to democracy and ultimately to these institutions. Because I'll tell you what, blackmailers, extortionists never get done with the first bite. They come back. You've already seen him coming back and wanting more from Columbia and these law firms. You've already seen him coming back for that.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

And I think that just defines why these decisions have been so damaging to democracy and ultimately to these institutions. Because I'll tell you what, blackmailers, extortionists never get done with the first bite. They come back. You've already seen him coming back and wanting more from Columbia and these law firms. You've already seen him coming back for that.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

And I think that just defines why these decisions have been so damaging to democracy and ultimately to these institutions. Because I'll tell you what, blackmailers, extortionists never get done with the first bite. They come back. You've already seen him coming back and wanting more from Columbia and these law firms. You've already seen him coming back for that.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

And so surrender is not an option here if we want to keep a democracy. And I think these you start again, you're starting to see this tide turn a little bit. You're starting to see people waking up in these C streets, C suites. Now, if I may, in the media, I went and saw George Clooney's play. Good night. Good luck.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

And so surrender is not an option here if we want to keep a democracy. And I think these you start again, you're starting to see this tide turn a little bit. You're starting to see people waking up in these C streets, C suites. Now, if I may, in the media, I went and saw George Clooney's play. Good night. Good luck.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

And so surrender is not an option here if we want to keep a democracy. And I think these you start again, you're starting to see this tide turn a little bit. You're starting to see people waking up in these C streets, C suites. Now, if I may, in the media, I went and saw George Clooney's play. Good night. Good luck.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

About Edgar R. Murrow, a proud Washington State University graduate, by the way, who is such a great friend of democracy. Yeah, and the whole play was about management of the media, at that time CBS, trying to lean on Edgar Merle to lighten up on his attacks on Joseph McCarthy.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

About Edgar R. Murrow, a proud Washington State University graduate, by the way, who is such a great friend of democracy. Yeah, and the whole play was about management of the media, at that time CBS, trying to lean on Edgar Merle to lighten up on his attacks on Joseph McCarthy.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

About Edgar R. Murrow, a proud Washington State University graduate, by the way, who is such a great friend of democracy. Yeah, and the whole play was about management of the media, at that time CBS, trying to lean on Edgar Merle to lighten up on his attacks on Joseph McCarthy.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

That day, that same day, in the same studio, the executive producer at 60 Minutes had to quit because management was leaning on him, because Trump was leaning on him. And I'm going like, this play is, we're living this play. It's a real thing. It's not just on the stage. We're living it at this moment.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

That day, that same day, in the same studio, the executive producer at 60 Minutes had to quit because management was leaning on him, because Trump was leaning on him. And I'm going like, this play is, we're living this play. It's a real thing. It's not just on the stage. We're living it at this moment.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

That day, that same day, in the same studio, the executive producer at 60 Minutes had to quit because management was leaning on him, because Trump was leaning on him. And I'm going like, this play is, we're living this play. It's a real thing. It's not just on the stage. We're living it at this moment.

The Chuck ToddCast
Jay Inslee On Why Trump’s INCOMPETENCE Will Hurt Americans

Yes. We hope the voices in the media can do the same thing. We know some have capitulated and some are standing up. But if there's ever a moment to stand up, you know, and I've appealed. I've tried to make this on a very personal basis. So I've called my regents of the University of Washington to talk to him about this subject. And they've expressed some of the same concerns you have.