Better Together with Will Hurd

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Presidential Candidate Will Hurd joins Sharon to chat about engaging voters in primary elections to ensure stronger candidates in November. The country is ready to have thoughtful conversations about what issues matter to them in a way that unites, rather than divides. Whether the district was ruby red or a deep blue town, people share the same frustrations and goals. Everyone wants systems that operate fairly and efficiently, from the justice system to immigration. But how might our government address these issues in lasting, meaningful ways that represent what the majority of Americans truly want? Will Hurd shares what solutions have worked in the past, and how he plans to work with leaders from both sides of the aisle to shape the future.

Host/Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon

Guest: Will Hurd

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome. I have a very exciting episode for you today. It is an interview with
0:11.1	Presidential Candidate. Well heard. And I think you're going to find this conversation
0:16.2	very interesting whether you are a Republican primary voter or not. There is still so much
0:24.4	good to take away from this discussion. So let's dive in. I'm Sharon McMahon. And here's
0:30.8	where it gets interesting. I am really excited to be joined again by Will Hurd. Welcome back.
0:38.3	Hey, how many like second time participants have you had? No, it's a special club. Yeah,
0:44.5	this is I think our third time talking. We've talked on Instagram live before and after you
0:49.9	Valdi, we've talked on the podcast before after your book came out. And now we're talking again
0:54.4	because you decided to run for president. So you know, well, anytime you decide to run for president,
1:00.5	I'll be happy to chat with you. How is first of all, congrats on your candidacy. This is an experience
1:09.5	that few Americans will ever have. Few Americans are ever going to be like, I'm running for president.
1:16.2	I mean, you've run a campaign before you were in Congress before. So this is not the first time
1:21.5	you've ever campaigned for something. In what ways do you think running for Congress and serving
1:29.6	in Congress has prepared you for running for office now? And how do you think it prepared you if
1:36.0	you were to become president? How is it prepared you to be president? Look, it's a great question.
1:40.4	And what has always been fascinating for me and the transition. And so now I was in CIA before
1:46.2	started business and in Congress when I was in CIA, my job was to recruit spies and still secrets,
1:52.0	right? My job was to inform policymakers, right? We didn't set policy, we informed policymakers.
1:58.4	But then being a policy maker, I was on the other end. So to your point, right, like my district won
2:04.2	the size, it was roughly the size of Georgia. So my operations was more like a senator than it
2:11.7	was a member of the House because it was still big. And I had everything from Native American
2:16.4	issues to nuclear power related stuff, right? It was every issue imaginable. And so I got to be able
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