MJ Hegar wants to bring Texas values to the Senate. She says John Cornyn lacks backbone and courage.
Capehart
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 13 October 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Amy Britton, and I'm an investigative reporter. |
| 0:03.0 | Stay tuned after the show to hear about the post new podcast, |
| 0:06.4 | Canary, The Washington Post, investigates. |
| 0:08.8 | It's a seven-part series about two women in their shared refusal to stay silent. |
| 0:13.5 | Available now. |
| 0:14.6 | I'm Jonathan Kaphart and this is Cape Up. |
| 0:23.0 | M.J. Hagar burst on to the political scene during her congressional campaign in Texas |
| 0:28.0 | with her Dores ad in 2018. |
| 0:31.0 | She was unsuccessful in that effort, that that's not stopping her from taking on another |
| 0:35.8 | Republican incumbent in this election cycle, Senator John Cornyn. |
| 0:41.0 | In this week's episode, Hagar talks about why health care is the number one issue in Texas, |
| 0:46.0 | why she says Texans have buyers remorse with people like John Cornyn, |
| 0:50.0 | and why her opponent doesn't exemplify Texas values. |
| 0:55.0 | Hear more of what Hagar had to say at this special Cape Up Live interview, |
| 0:59.2 | reported on September 22nd right now. M.J. Hagar, welcome. |
| 1:08.0 | Hi Jonathan, thanks for having me on. So, Jonathan. Thanks for having me on. |
| 1:14.0 | So, okay, I had a set first question, but I'm going to ask my own set first question, and that is, |
| 1:20.4 | we started out that the clip introwing this moment with your doors ad when you ran when you ran the last time to me it was one of the most powerful political ads I had seen, perhaps ever. |
| 1:35.2 | Why was it important for you to tell your story in that way? |
| 1:40.4 | You know, I think part of why it was so powerful was the moment that it played in in that moment people were |
| 1:47.1 | You know being exposed to the horrors of family separation for example and that you know the fact that it resonated so much with people almost made me a little |
| 1:56.4 | sad I mean I wanted it to be successful but it was also kind of disheartening to hear |
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