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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Ramti Nadablui. |
| 0:02.6 | I'm Ramda Ndadfatta. |
| 0:04.2 | And on this episode of Through Line from MPR. |
| 0:07.2 | The Ballad of Nancy Pelosi. |
| 0:14.6 | Nancy Pelosi is the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and second in line for |
| 0:19.3 | the presidency. |
| 0:20.6 | She's also one of the most polarizing figures in American politics today. |
| 0:25.0 | And depending on where you sit, she's either a villain or a brilliant politician. |
| 0:29.8 | But without a doubt, she is a political force. |
| 0:32.8 | For more than a decade, she's had a leadership role in the Democratic Party. |
| 0:37.1 | And even though she lost her speakership in 2011, she managed to get it back, something |
| 0:43.0 | that's a rare political feat. |
| 0:44.8 | Earlier this year, she started her second run as speaker of the House. |
| 0:49.2 | And within weeks, she was having a standoff with President Trump over the government shutdown. |
| 0:53.7 | And we came in here in good faith and we're entering into this kind of a discussion in |
| 1:01.1 | the public media. |
| 1:02.1 | But it's not bad, it's not bad. |
| 1:03.5 | It's cold transparency. |
| 1:04.5 | I know. |
| 1:05.5 | This high transparency, when we're not stimulating to a set of facts, when we're watching |
| 1:09.7 | it. |
| 1:10.7 | She's become a foil to President Trump in the enemy of the right. |
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