Is there a path to defeating Trumpism? | Miles Taylor | Forward with Andrew Yang

Miles Taylor, former Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security and co-CEO of the Forward Party, discusses his journey from joining DHS after 9/11 to becoming a whistleblower inside the Trump administration. Miles talks about how he's dealt with threats to his personal safety, the danger Trump poses to democracy, and why saving the Republican Party became a lost cause.

00:00 - Intro
01:10 - It's not as bad as it looks, it's a lot worse
15:53 - The growing threat of political violence in a democracy
24:16 - Save the GOP or create a third party?
29:55 - The conditions for building a third party
42:46 - Is a truly big-tent party possible?

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[globalgarden]

"Not left, not right, but FORWARD"! Thank you Miles Taylor and Andrew Yang! You are providing the remedy for what ails US!

[mspence]

Can’t wait for Andrew to do the podcast circuit. If more people know about Forward, that in and of itself, will provide a sense of hope.

[Lou_Mansfield]

It's great that Miles is building the product that people want and need to prolong our democracy. Forward!

[lydialutz]

19:00 You are right! That is horrible that congresspeople are voting a certain way because of threats of violence. Thank you Forward Party for working toward change and for speaking out against violence.

[Cody_OConnell]

This was a great episode. So inspired by this movement

[HariOm-dpum]

Andrew was so correct in his diagnosis. The wet blanket for America. The pressure release valve

[tulsanive]

This is a very scary but important conversation! An insider’s look at what has been and still is going on and why we need this very important change to our system.

[Epaulshi]

Great conversations! Excited about what's coming from the Forward party!

[roamlikekane]

Join the Movement! Forward is the way to progress!

[panchovilla]

Hope this movement gains momentum. Let's go Yang.

[timlions]

I'm glad this party is forming, bullies like Trump and his cronies must never again be allowed to run this country and I don't see that the Democrats have what it take to stop him.

[loriroa]

Thank you for championing this movement! Now is the time!!

[demolitionizer]

I can always count on Andrew Yang's podcast to excite me before I listen to it and rapidly bore me as it starts. I miss the 2021 era of this show

[HagothVoyage]

Love you guys! Good job. Go Evan! FORWARD!

[paradiseheaven]

I’m finally again excited about joining humanity to make my world a better place. My neighborhood a better place.

[raddude]

@Forward with Andrew Yang I have recently started following you after hearing about this attempt to form a viable 3rd party. This is very exciting as I have felt very alienated by the polarization in our politics for years now and I know I am not alone. I came across an interesting news story listening to the BBC today about a social media platform made in Taiwan to try to facilitate more reasonable and balanced political discourse after some polarizing political events called Polis. If you have already seen this then I am sorry for wasting your time but on the off-chance that people have not seen this I thought it was potentially right up the alley of the kind of movement you all seem to be wanting to encourage. It seems to have had some interesting results in the places it has been implemented and I think something like this could really hold some promise. I could see this kind of tool being very useful for a political party to get insight from it's members to help inform the kind of platform policies that people would be interested in seeing being pursued or to be implemented at local (or possibly even larger scale?) levels to develop more balanced and moderate discussions on important issues. Thank you for your time. :)

[lydialutz]

4:30 Wow! Miles Taylor came to Washington DC because of his passion to prevent an attack like 9-11 and protect the US, and then he ended up being in a position to protect the country from within, from Trump and Trump-loving Republicans--Miles own party!!!! That's incredible.

[thinkbeyond]

The path is to ignore the rhetoric and just improve the economy from the bottom up for everyone. A less stressed population is less likely to fall for nonsense.

[jeffxanders]

Andrew Yang as president for 8 years would be the best thing to happen for us since the beginning of our republic.
He can bring our politics back to the people themselves.
His democracy dollars is the best idea ever to come out for the people.

[JosephDarcourt]

I see hope from both of you, thank you .🙏