Rep. Seth Moulton Says the Presidency Is about Service not Ego

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🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Congressman Seth Moulton talks about why he is running for President, what he sees as his path to the Democratic nomination, and how he plans to defeat President Donald Trump by running on Trump’s weakest issues. He discusses why he chose do 4 tours of duty as a Marine in Iraq even though he personally opposed the war, what it was like working as a special liaison to tribal leaders in Southern Iraq, and what the experience taught him about compromise and bipartisanship. He reveals why he turned down the platinum health insurance afforded to members of Congress in favor of getting his healthcare at the Veterans Administration, what learned about what works and what doesn’t work at the V.A., and why he opposes a single payer healthcare program. Plus we talk impeachment, abolishing the electoral college, and how he became the star of a popular Iraqi TV show “Moulton and Mohammed.” Visit www.sethmoulton.com for more information on Congressman Seth Moulton or to donate/volunteer for his Presidential campaign, and follow him on Twitter at @sethmoulton. Today's podcast was sponsored by SiriusXM radio, and the new Hulu original series RAMY. Subscribe to Kickass News on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review, follow us on Twitter at @KickassNewsPod, and take our short listener survey at www.podsurvey.com/kick. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:35.0	Shortly after graduating from Harvard University and just days before 9-11,
1:40.0	Seth Moulton enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps.
1:43.0	He thought he had signed up to go to Afghanistan and fight al-Qaeda,
1:47.0	but instead he found himself fighting a different war just a year after 9-11.
1:52.0	He thought he had signed up to go to Afghanistan and fight al-Qaeda,
1:55.0	but instead he found himself fighting a different war just a year after 9-11
2:00.0	when he was an infantry platoon commander in the first company of Marines to enter Baghdad.
2:05.0	Though he personally opposed the war in Iraq, he kept returning for a total of four deployments
2:11.0	because he says he didn't want someone less experienced to have to take his place.
2:16.0	He received a bronze star in the Navy and Marine Corps Commandation Medal for his bravery in Iraq,
2:22.0	but he kept it a secret for years not even telling his own parents.
2:26.0	Seth Moulton chalks it up to his lifelong belief in service,
2:30.0	the same value that he says led him to become a U.S. Congressman and now to run for president in 2020.
2:37.0	And today, Congressman Moulton joins me on the podcast to discuss what he sees as his path
2:42.0	to the democratic nomination, warns against his party's embrace of socialism,
2:47.0	and says he's not afraid to bring up Donald Trump and impeachment in the primary.
2:52.0	He recalls his military service in Iraq, including reaching out as a special liaison to tribal leaders in southern Iraq
2:59.0	and what it taught him about compromise and bipartisanship.
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