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Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

77: Ret. Brigadier General Ty Seidule & Former NOLA Mayor Mitch Landrieu

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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🗓️ 10 March 2021

⏱️ 96 minutes

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James and Al host Ret. Brigadier General Ty Seidule for a deep dive into the residual myths surrounding Robert E. Lee and the confederacy, as well as the implications they have for the region and our politics. Former NOLA Mayor Mitch Landrieu then calls in to join the conversation, discussing the changes happening in the modern South and how we can reclaim patriotism from those who would divide us.


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Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carville and Amal Hunt. Thanks for joining us.

0:42.4

This week we're joined by Retired Brigadier General and author of Robert E. Lee and me,

0:48.4

Ty Siduley. It's a really great book. Remember, we take your questions each episode, so

0:53.7

right? To Politics War Room at gmail.com or send a tweet to at puticon for next week's show.

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1:14.9

your friends about us and remind them to subscribe and have a podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever

1:20.9

you get your podcast. James, the big, the big story this week is the, what I think is a huge success

1:28.9

that Biden and the Democrats scored in getting that COVID relief stimulus package through.

1:35.7

It is, it is as Joe said in another context, a big FN deal. Almost 1.9 trillion, seven weeks into his

1:43.4

term. It's going to make a huge difference to a lot of struggling people. The job is it's going to

1:47.4

also lift wages, help black farmers, especially schools opening vaccine distributions.

1:53.3

You know, maybe one day we'll look back and say it was a little bit too big. That's a hell of a lot

1:56.9

better than saying it was inadequate. And I think Pelosi and Nancy Pelosi speaker of the House,

2:03.1

Chuck Schumer, Joe Manchin, all deserve great credit along with a White House who really did this

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