Congressman Will Hurd on Party Divisions, the GOP, and 2018

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🗓️ 2 January 2018

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Texas Republican Will Hurd represents the 23rd district — a sprawling, diverse district bigger than dozens of states — which Hillary Clinton won in 2016. Sam talks to Congressman Hurd about tax cuts, health care, San Antonio, working for the CIA, and what 2018 might hold for the GOP. Email the show at [email protected] or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with your feedback. Follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders and producers Brent Baughman @brentbaughman and Anjuli Sastry @AnjuliSastry.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy Ross here host of How I Built This with the recommendation for another podcast
0:06.4	for you to check out, namely How I Built This.
0:09.2	Every week I talk to the people behind some of the most inspiring companies and brands
0:13.4	in the world with stories of incredible persistence, grit and insight.
0:18.1	You can find How I Built This on the NPR-1 app for wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	Hey y'all, Sam Sanders here.
0:33.1	It's been a minute.
0:34.1	Happy New Year.
0:35.1	Hope your holiday was good.
0:36.1	To kick things off today, we have a different kind of conversation.
0:39.2	For the most part on these Tuesday chats, we are giving you actors and musicians and producers
0:44.0	and other creatives.
0:45.6	But today on the show, we have a sit-down with someone different, a real live, currently
0:51.6	serving member of the U.S. Congress.
0:54.6	His name is Will Hurd, he's in the House of Representatives.
0:57.3	And there's one big thing you must understand about him.
1:00.0	To many people, the very idea of a Will Hurd, and all he represents, it kind of shouldn't
1:05.8	exist in our current political climate.
1:08.2	He is a black Republican.
1:10.2	He represents a district in Texas that includes parts of San Antonio where I'm from, and
1:14.6	that district is 70% Latino.
1:17.2	And Hillary Clinton won that district in 2016.
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