Ep. 127 - Kasim Reed

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Kasim Reed, the mayor of Atlanta, talks with David Axelrod about why President Trump often criticizes big cities like Atlanta, why Democrats must work through their internal differences and unite as a party, and why he believes President Trump plans to arrange a $1 trillion infrastructure investment in a way that maximizes his chances for re-election. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:16.3	I've met a lot of politicians in my life, and my favorite politicians are mayors, because
0:20.8	they're the ones for whom the rubber hits the road.
0:24.3	They're the ones who deal with politics at its most elemental level.
0:29.2	And there isn't a more dynamic mayor in this country than Kaseem Reed of Atlanta, who
0:33.9	took over a city that was hobbled by financial problems, restored it to fiscal health, strengthened
0:39.7	the economy of the city, in partnership with the corporate community there, and has proven
0:45.4	himself to be one of the great politicians in this country in the best sense of the word.
0:50.8	He came by the Institute of Politics the other day and we had a chance to sit down and talk
0:54.8	about the politics of the city and the country.
1:01.8	Kaseem Reed, welcome.
1:03.8	Thank you very much.
1:04.8	Glad to have you here.
1:05.8	Glad to have you at the Institute of Politics.
1:08.8	Glad to be back.
1:09.8	So, in preparing for our conversation, I did a little research on your name.
1:20.1	Yes.
1:21.1	And I'm trying to square being the grandson of a United Methodist minister with being
1:28.2	named Muhammad Kaseem Reed.
1:32.6	How that all come about?
1:34.4	I was born in 1969 and my father candidly was considering converting to Islam because
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