GOP Calls Obama Marxist, Doesn't Know What "Marxism" Is
December 16, 2012
68,789
1,933
1,057
4.35%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Cenk Uygur Episodes Around December 16, 2012
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
5:46Now PlayingGOP Calls Obama Marxist, Doesn't Know What "Marxism" Is
YouTube Description
as posted by the channel"Cathie Adams, former Texas GOP chair and current Texas Eagle Forum president, gave a pre-election address earlier this year, claiming that a "Marxist" President Barack Obama had "fried his brain on drugs."
In a speech at a Grassroots America We The People "Call To Action" event, first reported on by Right Wing Watch, Adams embarked on a longwinded conspiracy theory about Obama enacting an oppressive "green agenda, which is Marxism." Her claims eventually led her to talk about a ballot initiative in Colorado to legalize and tax marijuana."*
Ousted Tea Party darling Allen West and Cathie Adams, Former Texas GOP Chair are pretty sure President Obama is a Marxist who may have "fried his brain on drugs." Cenk Uygur points out obvious GOP misunderstandings of what Marxism is and what Obama's history on drug policing are
*Read more from Nick Wing/ Huffington Post:
Support The Young Turks by Subscribing
Support The Young Turks by Shopping
Like Us on Facebook:
Follow Us on Twitter
Buy TYT Merch
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.