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Six Feet Apart with Alex Wagner
Six Feet Apart with Alex Wagner
4.8 • 623 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
As federal authorities have moved farther away from the frontlines of this virus, state and local leaders are left to manage the spread of Covid-19. How are they balancing the safety of their citizens with the economic realities of a widespread shutdown? How are they dealing with the Trump White House? And how are they getting any sleep? First, Alex speaks with Governor Steve Bullock of Montana about the delicate balance of being a Democratic governor of a deep red state (and an upcoming candidate in the US Senate race). Then she speaks with Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, who is literally taking to the streets to keep people safe in the third largest city in America.
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| 0:00.0 | And I have to say, the media's been pretty good and the governors have been really good, except for a couple. |
| 0:05.0 | Those the words they're saying that you're concerned about us. |
| 0:07.0 | I think they should be appreciative. |
| 0:08.0 | Because you know what, when they're not appreciative to me, they're not appreciative to the Army Corps, they're not appreciative to FEMA. |
| 0:13.0 | It's not right. I mean, Mike Pence, I don't think he sleeps anymore. |
| 0:17.0 | He calls all the governors. I tell him. I mean, I'm a different type of person. I say, Mike, |
| 0:21.9 | don't call the governor of Washington. You're wasting your time with him. Don't call the woman in |
| 0:26.8 | Michigan. It doesn't make any difference what happens. You know what I say? If they don't treat you |
| 0:33.4 | right, I don't call. |
| 0:40.6 | Hi, I'm Alex Wagner. |
| 0:42.5 | Welcome to six feet apart. |
| 0:47.7 | That was President Trump on March 27th of this year, talking about the nation's governors and whether or not he feels like dealing with them on any given day. |
| 0:52.1 | As the pandemic has spread here in America, we've witnessed a different |
| 0:55.7 | kind of distancing. Federal authorities have moved farther away from the front lines of the virus, |
| 1:01.4 | leaving state and local leaders to manage its spread largely on their own. In the age of COVID-19, |
| 1:08.6 | mayors and governors have had to write the playbook for a once-in-a-lifetime |
| 1:12.5 | Black Swan event as it's unfolding in real time. That's what we're talking about today, government. |
| 1:20.9 | What's it been like in state houses and city halls as a deadly new sickness has fallen over |
| 1:26.3 | rural and metropolitan landscapes alike. |
| 1:29.4 | Has it been lonely or frustrating or both to operate in a national crisis without stronger |
| 1:35.4 | federal guidance? Who gets those coveted phone calls from President Trump anyway? |
| 1:40.7 | How have mayors and governors manage the emotional strain of this historic moment? |
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