BONUS: Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal - Unedited Conversation

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

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🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Nick spoke with Congressmember Pramila Jayapal in December 2018 about the fight for a $15 minimum wage, what Representative Jayapal has changed his mind on, and how Democrats can tell better stories. Here’s their full conversation in Congresswoman Jayapal’s offices in Washington D.C. An edited version of this conversation appeared in the episode, "Should Democrats appeal to the center by moving hard left?", linked below. http://www.pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/should-democrats-appeal-to-the-center-by-moving-hard-left-with-congresswoman-pramila-jayapal/

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0:00.0	Hi there I'm Annie Fadley. I work on policy here at Civic Ventures and I also help
0:05.2	produce this podcast. So one of our favorite recent episodes here at Pitch Fork Economics
0:10.4	was should Democrats appeal to the center by moving hard left and
0:14.5	Nick talked to Congresswoman per millegyll in her offices in Washington DC for that
0:19.5	episode. She is our representative here in Seattle and she's also the leader of the Congressional
0:24.8	Progressive Caucus and we just love her. But we didn't have time to include everything
0:28.9	they talked about so here's their unedited conversation. Enjoy.
0:33.2	So we're just going to begin to chat.
0:36.0	And this is going to be both a podcast and a catch-up.
0:39.9	Okay?
0:41.2	Okay.
0:42.2	Prima Jai Paul, would you please introduce yourself?
0:45.0	I will. It's great to be with you. I'm Primmila Jaiapal,
0:48.0	and I am the Congresswoman representing Washington's seventh district,
0:52.0	longtime activist and advocate, and thrilled to be working with you on all the things that matter.
0:58.2	Yeah, and Primaila and I go way back.
1:02.2	We did a lot of fun things together over the years in Seattle where
1:05.8	she's from, among them the $15 minimum wage. And I should just say that it was really, that was a journey.
1:17.2	It was a journey and a learning experience.
1:19.8	And for my own part, you know, one of the things that I was, that I, as I reflect back on that experience,
1:28.0	you love to think about what you thought was right and what was wrong and where you were wrong.
1:35.2	And one of the ways in which I was most wrong was my were my views on tipped workers you make and yeah I remember that yeah and you know I
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