Biden: 2024 Election Is About The Fight For Democracy
The NPR Politics Podcast
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🗓️ 5 January 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Plus, uphill climbs in congressional races this year, and Can't Let It Go.
This episode: political correspondents Ashley Lopez & Susan Davis, and congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales.
This episode was edited by Erica Morrison. It was produced by Jeongyoon Han and Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Pete in Orange County. I'm currently practicing questions for my civics test, which takes place tomorrow morning, where hopefully I'll pass and become a U.S. citizen. |
| 0:11.0 | Thank goodness for the years of preparation I've had by listening to the |
| 0:13.9 | politics podcast. This podcast was recorded at 410 Eastern Time on Friday |
| 0:19.1 | January 5th, 2024. Things may have changed by the time you hear it and hopefully I'll be a US citizen. |
| 0:25.3 | Okay here's the show. |
| 0:30.5 | Hopefully indeed I hope I hope he passed I know I hope my mom study for that test I think she passed because of me |
| 0:36.9 | We should to make everyone on the podcast team take the test and see who scores the best. |
| 0:42.6 | Fail it, why now? |
| 0:43.6 | I took it once for fun because I'm a nerd and I was surprised at like the fact that there |
| 0:48.0 | were a couple of hard ones in there that took me a while. |
| 0:50.8 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm Ashley Lopez. |
| 0:54.0 | I cover voting. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm Claudia Risales. |
| 0:56.0 | I cover Congress. |
| 0:57.0 | And I'm Susan Davis. |
| 0:58.0 | I cover politics. |
| 0:59.0 | Today on the podcast, it's been three years since the January 6th attack at the Capitol. |
| 1:03.4 | The insurrection has changed the way America talks about democracy. |
| 1:08.0 | President Biden gave a speech today near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. |
| 1:11.4 | Of course, that's a famous revolutionary war site, so there's a significance |
| 1:14.8 | in picking that as a location for a campaign event. |
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