Bitcoin in the Senate with Cynthia Lummis - WBD287
The Peter McCormack Show
Peter McCormack
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🗓️ 14 December 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Location: Remotely Date: Tuesday 1st December Role: Senator
Wyoming's Cynthia Lummis is the first woman to represent Wyoming in the Senate, not only that; she is the first Bitcoiner ever to make it into the Senate.
Cynthia describes herself as a "libertarian-leaning Republican". She plans to focus on reducing government debt as well as increasing the understanding of Bitcoin within the Senate.
In this interview, we discuss how she became a Bitcoiner, her political goals, the understanding of Bitcoin within the government and the US debt and deficit.
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| 1:26.0 | K-S-C-S-C-A which is K-E-Y-S-C-A-S-A okay so on to the show today and it is a bonus show and I am joined by the amazing Cynthia Lomis, the newly elected Wyoming senator, who is also a bitcoiner, the first bitcoiner to make it into the Senate. Now it is really cool that |
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