Best of The Axe Files: Mitch Landrieu

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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This week we revisit our July 2017 conversation with former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. He joins David to talk about his father’s journey in public service and his efforts to promote racial justice in the South, rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, his decision to remove Confederate monuments from the city, and why Democrats shouldn’t write off another Trump victory.

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axe Files,
0:12.5	with your host, David Axelrod.
0:20.0	I don't know a white person in America who speaks more authentically and honestly about
0:25.7	the issue of race than Mitch Landry, the former mayor of New Orleans.
0:29.6	I've had two conversations with Mayor Landry, the first of which was in 2017.
0:35.3	And I thought as we reach into the vault of the best of the Axe Files, this is one that
0:39.5	is particularly timing.
0:41.1	Here's that conversation.
0:48.0	Mitch Landry, it's good to see you.
0:50.2	I was thinking on my way down here, and I think the first time I saw you was when I came
0:54.1	down here maybe 25 years ago or something.
0:58.0	Your sister was running for state treasurer and I came down to talk to her about that race
1:05.0	and pitching, selling my wares as a consultant.
1:09.7	And part of the deal was that I had to meet the family, had to meet your folks and had
1:14.7	to meet you.
1:15.7	You remember me, my mom and dad.
1:18.0	I do.
1:19.0	Yeah.
1:20.2	And I think they told me what they've told others.
1:22.2	I don't know how Mary felt about it.
1:23.8	Now that guy's really the politician.
1:26.2	Mary never liked that.
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