Summer Wrap 2019

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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For those of you who took the summer off from 24/7 news, Katie and Joe will recap the highlights and the lowlights. From Donald Trump to the race for the Democratic nomination, to the battle for the US Senate, we'll catch you up on the latest. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Words Matter with Katie Barlow and Joe Lockhart.
0:12.0	Welcome to Words Matter, I'm Katie Barlow.
0:15.6	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:18.6	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:25.0	Have power and words have consequences.
0:30.2	Welcome back, Joe.
0:32.1	We wanted to do a special edition of What else is on your mind this week?
0:36.7	Kind of a summer wrap up for those listeners who may have taken a few weeks off from
0:41.2	consuming news 24-7.
0:43.9	This summer we saw continued horrific gun violence with dozens of mass shootings,
0:49.6	including in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, where more than 30 people were killed in less
0:55.0	than 24 hours.
0:57.5	We also saw President Trump on several international trips, including just last week with other world
1:03.0	leaders at the G7 Economic Meetings.
1:06.0	Now Joe, as you know firsthand, in times of national tragedy and on foreign trips,
1:12.4	presidents and the presidency take center stage.
1:16.9	Analysts and commentators have called Donald Trump's exercise of presidential leadership
1:22.4	in these times, along with his ongoing Twitter wars.
1:25.5	Part of the quote, incredible shrinking presidency.
1:29.4	Do you agree with that assessment?
1:32.0	Yeah, I do. I mean, I think there are moments where the president's rise to the occasion.
1:37.6	You know, Bill Clinton at Oklahoma City, you know, with that terrible tragedy there.
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