President Trump Officially Launches His 2020 Reelection Bid

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🗓️ 19 June 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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President Trump officially launched his 2020 reelection bid on Tuesday at a massive rally in Orlando, though much of the event picked up where his 2016 campaign left off. This episode: Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Tyco, and I'm celebrating my first Pride Month in Samoa, where I'm serving
0:06.5	as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English literacy.
0:09.2	This podcast was recorded at 926 Eastern on Wednesday, June 19th.
0:15.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:17.6	Alright, here's the show.
0:18.9	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:23.6	I'm Scott Detro, I cover politics.
0:25.8	I'm Tamer Heath, I cover the White House.
0:27.6	I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.
0:30.4	Last night, President Trump made it very official.
0:33.7	He kicked off his re-election campaign.
0:36.5	With every ounce of hard and might and sweat and so, we're going to keep making America
0:41.9	great again.
0:43.3	And then we will indeed keep America great.
0:47.1	I will keep it so great.
0:51.2	Better than ever before.
0:53.2	We're going to keep it better than ever before.
0:56.9	That is why tonight I stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a second
1:04.2	turn as President of the United States.
1:08.5	This is no surprise since, of course, President Trump never really stopped running for
1:12.0	President.
1:13.0	It's been holding political rallies all along, but it's official.
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