Election Recap (with Joaquin Castro)

Our America with Julián Castro

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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With the presidential election at the forefront of everyone’s minds, we’re unpacking the 2020 election results and Latino voter turnout with Joaquin Castro, who recently won his own reelection to Congress. We talk about what the Democratic win actually means for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and what still needs to happen to restore and sustain democracy in our country and around the world. Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro and Instagram @JulianCastroTX. Joaquin is on twitter and Instagram @JoaquinCastrotx. Support the show by checking out our sponsors You can digitally purchase life insurance from Haven Life Insurance Agency at havenlife.com/ouramerica. Haven Term is a Term Life Insurance Policy (ICC17DTC) issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Springfield, MA 01111 and offered exclusively through Haven Life Insurance Agency, LLC. Policy and rider form numbers and features may vary by state and not be available in all states. Our Agency license number in California is 0K71922 and in Arkansas, 100139527. The Marguerite Casey Foundation, creating greater freedom for changemakers to create a truly representative economy. Learn more at caseygrants.org, and connect with the Foundation on Twitter and Facebook. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's me Ricky Lake. You probably know me for my hit 90s talk show, but if I'm being totally
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0:48.0	Hey all, this week I thought I'd do things a little differently. Maybe you're like me and the election is still at the forefront of your mind.
0:52.6	More than a week later,
0:54.4	it's such a strange feeling watching that electoral map,
0:58.2	looking at Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania,
1:01.6	waiting, hoping they'll turn blue, and then seen it happen in hearing the news.
1:09.2	Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have won and will hopefully usher in a new era for our country.
1:16.1	But not everything winners we hoped and in any election win or lose there are lessons
1:22.2	to be learned.
1:24.0	So on Saturday, actually just an hour or so before the networks called the election for Joe Biden,
1:31.0	I called up my brother,
1:32.6	Waukeen, who recently won his own re-election to Congress.
1:37.2	You heard from him in the very first episode of our show.
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