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DC workers protest plan to bring Waymo robotaxis to city streets

Protesters gathered as D.C. council members weighed legislation that would let Waymo's driverless cars operate on city streets; the vote's outcome was not stated.

On air: Kenji Moonfield, Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on The Pile-On
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFox News reports workers rallied outside D.C.'s John Wilson Building as council members weighed a bill to allow Waymo robotaxis on city streets.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA car with no driver. Hank, that is an insult to every human who has ever honked.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA cab that never talks to you about its divorce? Sign me up.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWait.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHuman drivers have opinions. The robot just takes the exit.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe workers say they could lose their livelihoods. That part is not funny.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorExactly. Jobs are sacred. Except mine. I would hand my podcast to a robot tomorrow, and it would get more listeners.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentVera!

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLow bar. Nobody listens.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThen I want a robot at my family dinners. It nods, it eats, it leaves early.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOrder. Please. We are defending human work.

  12. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSays the man who wants a machine to read his teleprompter.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI never said that.

  14. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentProducers just said the robot is booked for your chair, Hank.

  15. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDoes it get the bean bunker?

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