Democratic Debate Confronts A Loaded Question: 'Can A Woman Win Against Trump?'
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
It came up early: can a woman win? The candidates agreed that the answer is yes after Bernie Sanders denied Elizabeth Warren's accusation that he told her a woman couldn't win.
And as the candidates debated trade, Sanders stood out as the only opponent of USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA.
This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political correspondents Scott Detrow and Asma Khalid, and political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:05.4 | I'm Tamer Keetha, cover the White House. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Usma Khalid, covering the presidential campaign. |
| 0:09.8 | I'm Danielle Kurtz-Lavin, cover the presidential campaign. |
| 0:12.6 | And I'm Scott Detro, that is what I do as well. |
| 0:15.3 | Alright, the time now is 12 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 15 January. |
| 0:21.9 | And the CNN Des Moines Register debate just wrapped up. |
| 0:26.6 | And I are here in DC, Usma and Danielle, you are in Des Moines, |
| 0:31.1 | are you in some sort of gymnasium somewhere? |
| 0:33.1 | We are, and it is rather chilly, |
| 0:35.6 | and though it's certainly warmer than it is outside right now and I. |
| 0:38.6 | I have my gloves in my lap right now because my hands have been freezing all night. |
| 0:42.0 | Also, by the way, it is the past here. |
| 0:43.6 | It is January 14th here right now. |
| 0:46.7 | Just time stamp facts. |
| 0:48.8 | Central times, yeah, I know. |
| 0:51.1 | Alright, so as is a tradition on this podcast, |
| 0:55.3 | we are going to go through the names of the candidates who were on the stage |
| 0:59.2 | and how much speaking time they got. |
| 1:01.1 | But we are mixing it up tonight. |
| 1:03.0 | Danielle, I am taking this away from you and giving it to Scott. |
| 1:06.0 | That's because we're Wednesday people here. |
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