As big as Alabamians are on football, they often miss the trick political plays being run against their values.

Last week on “1819 News: The Podcast,” 1819 News president Bryan Dawson gave a breakdown of how lobbyists and lawmakers manipulate public perception to sneak in laws and nefarious policies.

“We live in a representative republic, but it is melted into a democracy. And the problem with democracy, though there are many, is that in order to accomplish your political objectives, all you have to do is manipulate public opinion,” Dawson said.

Whether it’s gambling, marijuana or abortion, Dawson said the strategy to manufacture public consent is almost always the same.

“This is the play, so I'm showing you guys the flea flicker that gets run on us, that is it's already happening, the

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