Ep. 317 - Peter Roskam

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Peter Roskam is a former Republican congressman from Illinois. He joins David to talk about how he was caught up in the 2018 Democratic wave, what initially drew him into politics, the pathway to a more bipartisan Congress and much more. 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.
0:15.3	In many ways, Republican Peter Roscombe was a poster child of the 2018 election.
0:21.7	A solid conservative congressman from suburban Chicago, he was swept away in the democratic
0:28.1	way.
0:29.1	Roscombe spent the winter as a fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics
0:33.8	reflecting on his experiences in Congress and the shifting landscape of American politics
0:41.2	in the era of Trump.
0:42.7	We sat down and had a lively conversation about all of it recently.
0:46.6	And here it is.
0:49.6	Peter Roscombe, good to see you.
0:51.9	Thank you for being here.
0:53.1	And thank you for being a fellow at the Institute of Politics this winter.
0:58.8	You were a great presence around here.
1:00.4	I have thoroughly enjoyed it.
1:02.0	And just quickly, when people ask me about being here, and a lot of people are concerned
1:07.0	about the future of our country.
1:08.9	And I say, I've seen a glimpse of it.
1:10.7	These kids are bright and interesting and respectful and charming.
1:16.1	And I've come away invigorated from this experience.
1:18.9	Which is good.
1:19.9	It's good because campuses are not by nature conservative.
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