On The Trail With Kirsten Gillibrand

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🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In an ongoing series, The NPR Politics Podcast is hitting the road and interviewing 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. In this episode, Tamara Keith and Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters sit down with New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to ask about why she's the best pick for president. This series is produced in collaboration with IPR and New Hampshire Public Radio.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.4	I'm Tamer Key.
0:06.4	Throughout the spring and summer, we'll be taking you on the road to meet the 2020 presidential
0:11.0	candidates.
0:12.0	We're doing these special episodes in collaboration with New Hampshire Public Radio and Iowa Public
0:16.7	Radio.
0:17.7	So I've been spending a lot of time with IPR's lead political reporter Clay Masters.
0:22.5	Hey Tam, welcome back to Iowa.
0:24.6	Hello Clay, it's good to be back.
0:26.2	It's only been a week.
0:27.2	That's right, but you're back again because it's Iowa and they're always
0:29.9	here.
0:30.9	They, being the 24 or so Democrats running for president.
0:34.9	This week we were in Waterloo, Iowa to see New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who is
0:39.4	campaigning with her husband and 11-year-old son.
0:43.0	Gillibrand is a lawyer by training who went on to represent upstate New York in the House
0:46.9	of Representatives.
0:48.2	She replaced Hillary Clinton in the Senate and made a name for herself by taking on sexual
0:52.7	assault in the military, passing the 9-11 first responders healthcare legislation.
0:57.9	Different encouraging other women to get off the political sidelines.
1:01.8	The Senator gave her stump speech at the front of a small bar in grill.
1:05.4	President Trump is someone who demonizes the weak.
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