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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Dividing Lines: Can America “Disagree Better”?

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jen Psaki is joined by Colorado Governor Jared Polis to discuss his new bipartisan initiative to promote healthier dialogue around politics and his push to get Americans to “disagree better.” Later, she speaks with former Congressman Tim Ryan about how Democrats can make the case against Trump while making the positive case for their agenda. Jen also dives into the anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act and how Republicans are taking credit for the very thing they voted against. To close the show, Jen chats with gun safety activist David Hogg about his efforts to reduce gun violence and his recent move to Washington DC.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, it's been another wild week through all of the indictments amid so much political division.

0:07.2

It's easy and understandable to get completely mired in all of that.

0:11.1

But today, we're going to do something a little different.

0:13.6

Colorado Governor Jared Polis is a statewide leader trying to find common ground in some unlikely places.

0:19.6

And he's coming up first. Plus, I'll ask former

0:22.1

Congressman Tim Ryan about the balanced Democrats need to strike between making the case against

0:26.3

Donald Trump and the case for their agenda. Also today, ahead of this week's anniversary of the

0:31.5

Inflation Reduction Act, we're going to name some names when it comes to Republicans taking

0:35.7

credit for something they voted against.

0:38.0

And later, a wide-ranging conversation with gun safety activist David Hogg.

0:41.6

I caught up with him on the National Mall to discuss organizing around the plague of gun violence

0:46.0

and the start of his next chapter right here in Washington, D.C.

1:02.7

The last few weeks have been historic, unprecedented, and yes, at times pretty alarming.

1:07.8

Former President Donald Trump is under an avalanche of legal trouble. And remember, those cases are not just about the criminal conduct of one man. They're about the future

1:11.8

of our democracy and our very way of life. The stakes for this country could not be higher in this

1:17.4

moment. And the question of who is leading the country impacts every single issue you care about.

1:22.5

So we'll continue to talk about those cases through every twist in turn. Believe me, I understand that a former

1:28.5

president under multiple indictments is enough to shake the confidence of anyone in our system.

1:33.5

But today we're going to change things up a little bit, in part because I was pretty

1:37.4

alarmed when I saw a recent poll that 37% of voters think we're in danger of failing as a nation.

1:43.3

Failing. So I wanted to spend this show

1:45.4

talking with some of the people about some of the efforts to make progress, even with the threat

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