Ep. 373 — Andrew Gillum
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
CNN
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Gillum is the former Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida and the 2018 Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee. He joins David to talk about the state of the 2020 Democratic primary in the aftermath of Super Tuesday. The first in his family to graduate from high school and college, he shares the inspiring personal journey that led him to become the youngest person ever elected to Tallahassee’s City Commission. He and David also discuss his tenure as mayor, his run for governor, why he’s decided to turn his attention to voter registration efforts, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axe Files, with |
| 0:12.5 | your host, David Axelrod. |
| 0:19.2 | Andrew Gillum, burst on the National Political Scene in 2018 as a surprise nominee for Governor |
| 0:26.0 | of Florida, the young Tallahassee mayor, came within four tenths of a point of getting |
| 0:31.1 | elected governor of one of America's most populous and most dynamic states. |
| 0:37.0 | He is now a commentator for CNN and is working on a voter registration program in Florida |
| 0:43.2 | to try and improve Democratic turnout there in 2020, but clearly someone who will be a force |
| 0:50.3 | on the American political scene for years to come. |
| 0:52.7 | I sat down with him the day after Super Tuesday, yesterday, to talk over the results, to talk |
| 0:59.1 | about his career, to talk about Florida, and what it might take for Democrats to win that |
| 1:04.0 | state in 2020. |
| 1:05.6 | Here's that conversation. |
| 1:13.2 | Andrew Gillum, what a pleasure to see you the day after Super Tuesday. |
| 1:17.2 | The day after the reckoning, man, this is a new day. |
| 1:20.2 | Yeah, we were just talking before we started rolling about, I've been around this business |
| 1:24.4 | a long time. |
| 1:25.4 | I've never seen a day quite like, or really four days. |
| 1:28.4 | Couple of days, that's right. |
| 1:30.4 | So tell me, I want to get to your story, which is an amazing story and bears telling and |
| 1:37.7 | retelling because it is this day. |
| 1:40.0 | I think let's start with the news of the day. |
| 1:43.8 | Tell me what happened. |
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