States Can and Must Fight Trump. w/Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 2 July 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Rhode Island Gov. and head of the Democratic Governors Association, Gina Raimondo lays out the high stakes in statewide elections in 2019 and 2020 re: Gerrymandering, healthcare and reproductive rights.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Bill Press pod, where we dive into the big issues and big decisions facing us as Americans. |
| 0:13.2 | Today, we take a deep dive into politics. No, not where most people are focused, not on the crowded Democratic 2020 primary, not on Senate or congressional |
| 0:22.5 | races either. |
| 0:23.7 | Today we focus on the all-important races for governor, which will have a huge impact, first |
| 0:30.5 | on public policies and so much is happening at the state level, and second on reapportionment, |
| 0:36.9 | those new congressional district lines that will |
| 0:39.2 | be drawn after the 2020 census. |
| 0:41.8 | For insights into what's happening in state capitals today, we turn to Governor Gina Remondo, |
| 0:48.6 | who's now in her second term as governor of the great state of Rhode Island and also serves this year as chair of the |
| 0:56.7 | Democratic Governors Association. |
| 0:59.9 | Governor, it's good to see you. |
| 1:01.5 | Good to be with you. |
| 1:02.5 | And nice to be back in Rhode Island. |
| 1:04.0 | Yeah, on a beautiful summer day. |
| 1:05.4 | I know, exactly. |
| 1:06.6 | It's always beautiful in Rhode Island. |
| 1:07.7 | Oh, hey, I like that. |
| 1:09.0 | You know, I want to ask you, first of all, people pay a lot of attention, |
| 1:13.4 | get all excited about presidential contests, about Senate races, about House races. |
| 1:19.1 | They love that top of the ticket. |
| 1:22.1 | Not so much governor's races. |
| 1:26.5 | Why not? |
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