Political Polarization Ahead of the 2022 Midterms

Our Body Politic

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🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week on the show we’re presenting a midterms special where we highlight different races across the nation. Farai interviews Cheri Beasley, former Chief Justice of North Carolina’s Supreme Court on her race to replace retiring Republican senator Richard Burr. We hear from Tene Darby, chairperson of the Lancaster City Democratic Committee in Pennsylvania, on the midterm races happening in her state. Then, Farai speaks with Democratic state representative Dr. Yadira Caraveo on what she hopes to bring to Colorado state’s newly created 8th Congressional district. Farai is then joined by Astead Herndon, national political journalist and New York Times podcast host about how voters’ concerns are dictating their political affiliations and deepening polarization and division.

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0:00.0	Hi, folks, we are so glad that you're listening to Our Body Politics.
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0:28.3	financially supporting the show if you're able. You can find out more at OurBodypolitic.com
0:33.4	slash donate. We are here for you, with you, and because of you. Thank you.
0:40.3	This is our body politic. I'm Farai Chidea. We're in the home stretch to Election Day.
0:49.7	The races for control of the U.S. Senate are tight in several states, including in North Carolina.
0:55.7	Former Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, Sherry Beasley, is running to replace
0:59.6	retiring Republican Senator Richard Burr. Currently, there are no black women serving in the U.S.
1:04.7	Senate, and if elected, Beasley will be only the third black woman to become a U.S. senator.
1:12.3	In the spring, several TV stations pulled an ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, attacking Beasley
1:16.8	for three majority opinions that she wrote while on the Supreme Court. Her opponent, Congressman
1:22.4	Ted Budd, echoed the attack during the only Senate debate between the two. But the claims about Beasley's
1:28.7	judicial record lack context, cherry-picking examples from her over 20 years in the North Carolina
1:34.7	judiciary. We asked Congressman Bud to join us on the show, but we didn't hear back from him.
1:41.2	Polls show Bud leading in a close race, a Trump-backed candidate, Bud co-sponsored legislation
1:46.8	in September imposing a 15-week abortion ban nationwide. But he's also said he thinks states should
1:52.9	decide. Sherry, welcome to the show. Thank you, Farai. So approximately a third of current U.S. senators are lawyers. How do you think that your experience
2:05.4	on the North Carolina Supreme Court would prepare you for the Senate? Well, you know, I've served as a judge
2:11.2	for over two decades, and I have worked hard to respect the rule of law and to uphold the Constitution. And, you know, I've been
2:20.0	making decisions about everyday people's lives for a long time. And what I know is that Washington
2:26.7	has failed a lot of families here in North Carolina. And we need real change. So many folks are
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