welcome to the show, i m mehdi hasan. we hire less than five weeks away from the midterms. where democrats are not only looking to hang on to the majority, they re trying to hang on to control of the senate. and back in the spotlight is the quote, unquote, latino vote. which could be crucial for dams in especially in tight rates furch both states with large latino populations that went for biden in 2020. but for democrats, a worrying trend is playing out. she feels very upset with the current leadership of democrats because she feels that taxes are higher and the money is just not enough to get by. so she s voted democrat her whole life, she says. and now she s not happy with the economy. and that s why she thinking about since the 2020 election, especially, we have been inundated with think pieces about the latino vote and how it shifting to the right. becoming more republican. becoming even more trumpy. and yes, kind of astonishingly, trump did gro
homophobia? is it transphobia? it s a lot of different things. but i think that that is something that is always, i don t have the best question for you mehdi, what about the word irritates meant so much? it is truly fascinating. i wish for more time to get into that angle. before we do run out of, time, carlos let s return to something you are talking about earlier. that i was talking about. you mention immigration. and i mentioned racism, and you said the racism gets canceled out by other opinions. but your party, you remember better than, me so and romney lost in 2012 yet this big postmodern which said that we ve got to win latino voters. and we ve got to do it by getting behind some kind of immigration reform. it s amazing that republicans still remain opposed, not just supposed to immigration reform. not even darker says they re dealing with the darker challenges. but republican voters. lake they like dark according to the polls. and even with that, the maga movement can t get b
you, again unwarranted iran sfluns of the military industrial xplex. eisenhower said that today, dismissed as a far-left crank or putin apologist. right then and right now. we do not keep to spending more and more money. yes, let s support ukraine but not hand out contract to these defense contractors. you and i work in tandem. graphics show with your words visual of numbers and how this is playing out. with the u.s. spending more on defense than the next 11 countries combined. 2017 to 2021 u.s. accounted for 39% of major arms deliveries around the world. providing weapons for 103 nations. more than half of the member states of the u.n. when you mehdi, see these numbers, you have to ask this question. how many influence does the arms industry have incentivizing conflict versus conflict resolution when it comes to diplomacy? a great question. i think one of the reasons
united states gets into so many war was and advocating a military response to any problem is because we are the biggest arms supplier in the world and don t need to be. we don t need to have the saudi arabian buying 25% of our weapons, biggest purchaser of arms. defend ukraine. fine. do we need to help saudi arabia bomb yep jn the biggest customer of our arms industry. bomb yemen. definitely a line, direct connection, between how much we spend on defense, the size of our arms industry, our supply of weapons around the world and the fact we are a country that tends to be very hawkish and get into a lot of wars we later regret. got to tell you, love the infusion of energy and intelligence you bring always to your show and to this show when you join me. you re being kind. just telling the truth. thank you. in case you didn t know, mr. mehdi hosts the mehdi hasan