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🗓️ 27 August 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Freddy Gray speaks to Semafor journalist David Weigel about the Democrat's summer meeting in Minnesota which was cut short following the tragic shooting at a school today. They discuss what we know about the shooting so far, how the Democrats can reset their stance on law and order, and whether they can unify their stance on Gaza.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to the Americano Show, where we talk about power, politics and prejudices in American life. |
| 0:15.6 | Every week we will talk to at least one or two or possibly three or four American experts, international |
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| 0:30.2 | as you like. Please keep listening and watching. I'm delighted to be joined by Dave or David Beigle, who is somebody who covers politics very, very well for Semaphore. |
| 0:43.0 | And we're going to be talking about the Democrats because the Democrats have been holding their Democratic National Committee's annual meeting in Minnesota this week. |
| 0:52.1 | And actually, Dave, you're joining us from the airport. |
| 0:54.0 | So apologies if the |
| 0:55.0 | sound quality is not very good. It had to be stopped short because of a school shooting. I think |
| 1:00.7 | that's right, isn't it? Yes, it wrapped up really because there is a, the details that I'm aware of |
| 1:06.0 | as we were talking, as somebody shooting into a church where there were children at present, some fatalities. |
| 1:12.6 | There was not that close to the venue, but the mood there was, let's just, |
| 1:16.1 | this, and this, there's no important business to do. |
| 1:19.5 | And they didn't, these summer meetings are for dealing with different business every year. |
| 1:24.9 | Every out parties are on four-year cycles, obviously. |
| 1:27.2 | They were starting to |
| 1:28.3 | debate their next primary calendar. But this is not a, we are going to figure out the entire agenda |
| 1:33.0 | of the party meeting. Among the discrepancies between the two parties right now is Republicans |
| 1:37.4 | are very unified beyond behind Donald Trump. Delved left the media to most bid be fair. For internal |
| 1:43.2 | Republican party meetings. Democrats |
| 1:45.0 | were very not unified, had a resolutions hearing for Lidaneo-Assasson 36 resolutions, two about |
| 1:51.1 | Gaza that just attributed people to die this year. Well, I mean, my impression just from what you've |
| 1:57.3 | tweeted about it and what I've read about it elsewhere is that it is a kind of order of |
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