Sarah McBride's Challenge to Democrats

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Crooked Media

News, Politics

4.6 • 83.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Rep. Sarah McBride has found herself the target of GOP attacks since taking office in January. They've barred her from restrooms and misgendered her in Congressional hearings, but the freshman congresswoman has risen above it all. Now she's got a message for her fellow Democrats: politics only works when you win over people who disagree with you. McBride sits down with Jon and Lovett to discuss the literal and figurative dangers of being a main character, Democrats' purity complex, and whether the party has abandoned the only strategy for social change that actually gets results.

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1:35.8	So we just talked to Congresswoman Sarah McBride from Delaware.
1:40.1	And boy, that was a great conversation.
1:42.3	We're huge fans.
1:43.1	Yeah, we talked to her for about an hour, really moving.
1:45.9	We talked about the Democratic Party, the future of the Democratic Party, the generational split, the obligations and pressure she feels as the first transgender member of Congress, some of her beliefs about where the party should go, how they should handle certain issues.
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