8-11-25 Hour 3 - Texas Dems Still on the Run

The Chris Plante Show

WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington

News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In hour 3, Chris talks about Texas Democrats still on the run, and Fat Pritzker went on Meet the Press to say Illinois had to kill democracy to save it... For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, download the WMAL app, visit WMAL.com or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 9:00am-12:00pm Monday-Friday To join the conversation, check us out on X @WMAL and @ChrisPlanteShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:56.4	just one word at a time in quotation marks.
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