32: Montana Sen. Jon Tester on How Dems Win Back Rural America

The Al Franken Podcast

Government, Progressive, Politics, Senate, Liberal, Senator, Minnesota, Franken, News, Saturday Night Live, Comedy, Snl

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Tester discusses his new book, Grounded. Covering everything from how he lost three fingers in a meat grinder at 9 to the meat grinder in DC.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This podcast is sponsored by IQ Bar.
0:02.6	I've got good news and bad news.
0:04.5	Here's the bad news.
0:05.6	Most protein bars are packed with sugar and unpronounceable ingredients.
0:09.6	The good news?
0:10.4	There's a better option.
0:11.9	I'm Will and I created IQ bar plant protein bars to empower doers like you with clean,
0:17.6	delicious, low sugar brain and body fuel.
0:20.4	IQ bars are packed with 12 grams of protein, brain nutrients like magnesium and
0:24.8	Lions Main, and zero weird stuff.
0:27.4	And right now, you can get 20% off all IQ bar products, plus reshipping.
0:32.5	Try our delicious IQ bar sampler pack with seven plant protein bars, four hydration mixes, and four enhanced coffee
0:39.3	sticks. Clean ingredients, amazing taste, and you'll love how you feel. Refuel smarter, hydrate harder,
0:46.3	caffeinate larger with IQ bar. Go to eat IQbar.com and enter code bar 20 to get 20% off all IQ bar
0:53.9	products plus free shipping. Again, go to eat IQ bar.com and enter code bar 20 to get 20% off all IQ bar products plus free shipping. Again, go to
0:56.2	eat IQ bar.com and enter code bar 20.
1:04.0	Hey, everybody. Great show today. And let's face it, by now that is, uh, that's absolutely
1:09.6	meaningless. Uh, you know it and I know. And frankly,
1:13.9	that's a real disservice to my guest today, my former colleague, John Tester, a senior senator
1:20.5	from Montana, because this finally is a show from the American heartland from the only working farmer in the U.S. Senate
1:30.1	and a guy who can teach Democrats how to get back the rural voters we've lost since the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and then a little into the 80s,
1:43.7	when the FDR rural Democrats slowly aged off of this planet.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Al Franken Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Al Franken Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.