Making a Better Argument for Conservatism, with T.W. Shannon

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

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4.6 • 16K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

T.W. Shannon is the first African-American, and youngest person ever, to serve as the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He joins us to share what he's learned about debate and persuasion after years spent fighting in the political arena. How can Republicans do a better job at articulating why capitalism and conservative principles are the solution? What's the message we should be making to communities which believe they are systemically oppressed? T.W. answers these questions and much more.

T.W. Shannon was elected Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2013. Today he serves as the President and CEO of Chickasaw Community Bank and the State Highway Commissioner for Central Oklahoma. He was previously a Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics (where he first met Dan). Follow him on Twitter at @TWShannon.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are clean.
0:04.0	There's a number of Congress I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.0	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.0	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.0	China, bio-terrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:25.0	Welcome back everybody.
0:26.0	Cool episode today.
0:28.0	I am reconnecting with some of my old roots at Harvard.
0:32.0	Although I don't know if my guest really remembers me there.
0:35.0	I wasn't super outspoken.
0:37.0	I kind of just was getting by, you know, doing my classes.
0:40.0	So today we have with us T.W. Shannon.
0:43.0	T.W. Shannon was the youngest speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
0:48.0	at 34 years old and the first African American to hold that position as well.
0:54.0	He is currently the president and CEO of Chick-A-Saw Community Bank.
0:59.0	And also state highway commissioner in Oklahoma.
1:05.0	T.W. thanks so much for being on.
1:07.0	Congressman, thank you for having me.
1:09.0	At first let me say this.
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