Julian Castro Drops Out Of 2020 Race; Candidates Release Fundraising Numbers
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Also, President Trump and leading Democrats have previewed their fourth-quarter fundraising hauls. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' campaign announced it raised $34.5 million since October. Entrepreneur Andrew Yang raised $16.5 million, an increase over the roughly $10 million his campaign raised in the third quarter.
This episode: campaign correspondent Scott Detrow, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Chris calling from Sydney, Australia. |
| 0:03.4 | Sitting on a beach watching the sunset on the last day of the decade. |
| 0:08.0 | This podcast was recorded at. |
| 0:10.4 | It is 1.54 Eastern on Thursday, January 2nd. |
| 0:14.3 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this. |
| 0:16.8 | All right, here's the show. |
| 0:21.3 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm Scott Detro, I cover the campaign. |
| 0:25.2 | I'm Danielle Kurtz, Laban, I cover politics. |
| 0:27.0 | And I'm Dominican Montanero, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent. |
| 0:30.0 | So guys, we have been talking about 2020 since like mid 2018. |
| 0:35.8 | This is the first time we are all here together, |
| 0:38.0 | potting in 2020. |
| 0:40.0 | We've made it. |
| 0:41.0 | We did it, it's almost over. |
| 0:42.8 | Yay. |
| 0:43.9 | If by all those over, you mean an entire year of traveling the country, |
| 0:47.5 | covering the campaign as the voting and caucusing actually happens, |
| 0:51.6 | that's going to be the theme of most of the year. |
| 0:53.4 | So let's just get into it right away. |
| 0:55.0 | You have captured my nuance, Scott. |
| 0:56.6 | Thank you. |
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