AAPI Voters In Nevada Talk Economy, Inflation; Gun Legislation Moves Through Congress

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🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of those elections, NPR held discussions with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters in the Nevada about their concerns and priorities ahead of the midterms, ranging from the cost of living to gun violence.

Then, a look at what Congress is doing to address gun violence in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, and whether any legislation has a chance of passing.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/1103894544

This episode: congressional correspondents Kelsey Snell and Susan Davis, political correspondent Juana Summers and political reporter Barbara Sprunt

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Tina from Las Vegas, and I just finished my focus group with Susan Davis from the NPR politics.
0:05.5	Hi.
0:06.5	This episode was recorded at 1.44 pm on Wednesday, June 15.
0:11.7	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll still be right in my NPR Cloud 9.
0:16.2	Okay, here's the show.
0:21.2	Sue, you're out there influencing the groups.
0:23.2	Man, it's like an out-of-body experience to have a...
0:26.2	From someone I talk to and a podcast we're going to talk about, I don't know, there's just layers here.
0:31.2	NPR politics podcast and we're everywhere.
0:33.2	Yeah.
0:34.2	Hey, there, it's the NPR politics podcast.
0:37.2	I'm Kelsey Snell, I cover Congress.
0:39.2	Susan Davis, I also cover Congress.
0:41.2	And I'm Barbara Sfriend, I cover politics.
0:43.2	So yesterday was a big primary day throughout the country.
0:46.2	Races in Nevada, South Carolina, were the standouts.
0:49.2	But before we head to Nevada, let's talk briefly about South Carolina.
0:53.2	Tom Rice, an incumbent Republican congressman who was one of the 10 to vote to impeach then President Trump
0:59.2	after the January 6th insurrection was defeated handily.
1:03.2	Another member of Congress, Nancy Mace, drew Trump's eye, but she managed to eke out a win.
1:09.2	So these two races featured really different incumbents, both disliked by the Trump winning of the party.
1:15.2	So what does it tell us that one survived and the other one didn't?
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