36: James Lankford on the State of Lincoln's Party and Matt Bai on the Truth about Trumpism

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🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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The prevailing belief of the day may be that the Republican Party has sold its soul to the devil and a Democratic victory in November is America's only hope for salvation. But Oklahoma Senator James Lankford begs to differ, asserting that his colleagues in Congress have made efforts to ensure rule of law and equality for all, including introducing police reform and voting protection measures. At the same time, journalist Matt Bai ("All The Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid") argues that by valuing urbanity over all else, the Democrats loosen their connection to some of the most important voters in the country, allowing Trumpism to take hold.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to 2020 Politics War Room with James Carvelle and I'm Al Hunt.
0:11.6	We are proud partners with the Sine Institute at American University here in the nation's
0:16.3	capital.
0:17.3	I'm at home, James is in the Shenandoah.
0:19.5	We have some terrific guests, but first we appreciate all those who have made the effort
0:24.2	to click that subscribe button on your phone or computer.
0:27.3	We see a bunch of new people finding us an Apple podcast, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever
0:32.2	you listen to your podcast.
0:34.0	So let's keep up as George H.W. Bush used to say, the big mo.
0:38.1	I want to welcome Senator James Langford with us.
0:41.6	He's the junior United States Senator from Oklahoma, a true blue conservative, also an independent
0:47.5	thinker.
0:48.5	He grew up rather poor single mother after college, which is the University of Texas.
0:54.0	He went to seminary.
0:55.4	He was a leader of Christian youth organizations before he was elected to Congress 10 years
0:59.8	ago.
1:00.8	Senator, if I were still on the Kennedy Library Profile and Courage Committee, I would nominate
1:05.5	you to come on a program with two old hacks like Carvelle and me, but we really do appreciate.
1:10.3	Thank you very much.
1:11.3	I appreciate that.
1:12.3	Hopefully it's not a profile and courage to be able to hang out with the two of you.
1:17.8	It'll be fun.
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