Late to the party: Even more Democrats enter the race for 2020

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🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Matt Viser on late entries into the 2020 race. Neena Satija investigates the policies that ensnared child migrants in a bureaucratic nightmare. And author Jacqueline Woodson with untold stories about black family life in her latest, “Red at the Bone.”

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0:27.6	I'm Martine Powers.
0:30.9	It's Thursday, November 14th.
0:35.5	Today, even more Democratic candidates for president.
0:39.5	The Trump administration strategy that led to a crisis at the border.
0:43.2	And writing against stereotype.
0:49.4	It's an amazing development.
0:50.9	We've had nine candidates who have dropped out so far.
0:54.1	And now we have at least two new candidates getting in.
0:57.8	At a time when we're only three months away from this whole thing kicking off with the IOCoccuses.
1:06.0	My name is Matt Weiser. I'm a National Political Reporter at the Washington Post.
1:10.9	On Thursday, former Massachusetts Governor DeVal Patrick announced that he is running for president.
1:16.8	And just last week, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg started making plans to run as well.
1:23.3	Every candidate getting in now has a strategic disadvantage.
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