SPECIAL EDITION: 2020 Democratic presidential candidates discuss El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio mass shootings; Beto O'Rourke, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Tim Ryan.

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🗓️ 4 August 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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First, Jake talks to former Texas Representative Beto O'Rourke live from El Paso about the recent mass shooting and white nationalism. Then, Jake talks to Mayor Pete Buttigieg about the the two shootings and his calls to for gun reform. Then, Jake talks to former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, who says the two shootings point towards the effects of President Trump on the rise of bigotry. Then, Jake talks to former Mayor Cory Booker, who blames President Trump for inspiring violence. Then, Jake talks to Senator Kamala Harris on the trauma of domestic terrorism on children and the need for congressional action on gun reform. Then, Jake talks to Senator Bernie Sanders about the effects of President Trump's divisive attacks. Lastly, Jake talks to Congressman Tim Ryan about his calls for immediate action and his blame for President Trump over the culture behind mass shootings.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Joining me now former congressman from El Paso in 2020 Democratic presidential
0:04.3	candidate Beto O'Rourke. Congressman O'Rourke, thank you for joining us on this
0:08.9	horrible day for your community. Our thoughts and prayers is such a cliche at this point but we're all
0:14.0	feeling the pain of what's going on in El Paso and in Dayton. Have you learned
0:18.5	anything new about what happened since you got back to El Paso yesterday?
0:22.6	Thank you Jake. We're grieving right now for our fellow El Paso ones and
0:30.4	this community is also thinking about Dayton and the people there who have
0:34.4	suffered such extraordinary loss.
0:36.7	I came back yesterday and got to spend some time with some of the victims and their
0:42.1	families.
0:43.4	I'm seeing extraordinarily courageous people
0:46.8	who have suffered the most grievous wounds
0:49.6	and who have also learned that it wasn't just one family member, it was two or three or more who were
0:56.8	shot and in some cases who were killed.
1:00.1	This community is coming together unlike any other time that I can remember.
1:04.2	Donations of blood, donations of food, just the love and the encouragement and the strength
1:11.2	and the support in the face of a horrific mass killing.
1:15.0	El Paso will see on average 18 murders a year.
1:19.0	That's the average over the last 10 years.
1:21.0	We lost at least 20 people yesterday and it took someone coming
1:25.5	from outside of this community of immigrants to come and bring their hatred and
1:31.0	their death to to El Paso and in the face of that this community has shown
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