A Republican Congressman From Texas Who Opposes the Wall

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 17 January 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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As the government shutdown approaches its fifth week, a few congressional Republicans are publicly breaking from the president in his push for a border wall. We spoke with one of them. Guest: Representative Will Hurd, Republican of Texas. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:02.1	This is The Daily.
0:03.6	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:10.1	Today, as the government shutdown approaches its fifth week,
0:14.8	a small number of congressional Republicans
0:18.0	are publicly breaking from the president
0:20.4	in his campaign for a border war,
0:23.0	a conversation with one of them,
0:25.8	representative Will Hurd of Texas.
0:28.5	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:30.9	It's Thursday, January 17th.
0:34.3	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:39.2	Hello?
0:40.0	Congressman.
0:40.8	Hello? Is anybody there?
0:42.0	Yes, hey.
0:42.7	Congressman, it's Michael Barbaro from The Daily.
0:44.6	How are you?
0:45.4	Hey, Michael. I'm doing great.
0:47.0	Thank you for spending some time with us this morning.
0:49.8	I know it's early, so we appreciate it.
0:51.4	Early? Who's in the early two this month?
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