Donna Givens Davidson, Orlando P. Bailey and U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib

Authentically Detroit
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Authentically Detroit is a BridgeDetroit partner podcast that tells the stories of Detroiters’ lives through exposition and interview. 

In this episode, hosts Orlando Bailey and Donna Givens Davidson talk with U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, about the insurrection on Jan. 6 and her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump a second time. 

Tlaib scolded her colleagues in Congress on calling for healing in the United States without accountability for the attempted coup. 

“The mother in me says, ‘When there is bad behavior, you gotta give the person a timeout.’ And I am praying for our country that the Senate will wake up and convict [Trump]. We don’t need any more speeches.”

A lifelong Detroiter, Orlando P. Bailey learned how to practice community development in the neighborhood where he was born. Passionate about shifting the narrative of Black cities & neighborhoods,...