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Pantsuit Politics

Running for Senate: MJ Hegar and Stephany Rose Spaulding

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.54.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Today, we're featuring two incredible women who are running for Senate in 2020. MJ Hegar is running against incumbent John Cornyn in Texas. Stephany Rose Spaulding, who spoke to us during her 2018 campaign for Congress, is running for the Democratic nomination in Colorado.  Can't get enough Pantsuit Politics? Come see us speak this fall at Podcast Movement, Evolving Faith, and Blissdom. Thanks to our sponsors: the American Beverage Association, Quip, and Silk Therapeutics. Thank you for being a part of our community! We couldn't do what we do without you. To become a tangible supporter of the show, please visit our Patreon page, purchase a copy of our book, I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening), or share the word about our work in your own circles.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I think we have to stop listening to people who tell you what they're going to do and start

0:07.0

looking at what people have done.

0:08.9

It's important to me when I'm interviewing people that I'm not going to, well, what would

0:12.1

you do in this situation?

0:13.1

I want to know when you've been in this situation, what have you done?

0:16.2

So we need to start electing people who have shown servant leadership, who have shown

0:21.2

that they're not out for their ambition or their resume or willing to sacrifice, willing

0:26.1

to take on establishment leadership but not out of a disdain for authority.

0:31.6

So I spent 12 years in the military.

0:33.7

There were plenty of instances where I had to do what I told.

0:37.0

It wasn't out of just a general disdain for authority that I challenged the policy that

0:41.2

I did.

0:42.2

It was that I saw that it was hurting my organization and that I thought we need people with

0:46.4

credibility on this subject to speak out and be brave.

0:49.4

And it basically ended my military career.

0:51.2

And when you sue the Secretary of Defense here, you're kind of done in the military.

0:58.2

This is Sarah from the left and Beth from the right.

1:00.8

You're listening to paid suit policies.

1:02.4

They're shouting, no insults, plenty of nuance.

1:19.0

We are going to be friday, our gift to you today.

1:21.3

It's conversations with two excellent women running for the Senate.

1:26.6

First you're going to hear from MJ Heger who's running for Senate in Texas.

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