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Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In the first Democratic debates, candidates seemed to be running against a powerful Republican who arrived long before Trump and will likely outlast him. NPR's Kelly McEvers explains the secret to Senator Mitch McConnell's dominance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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One morning walking up to dozens of reporters, their microphones ready to capture my words,

0:34.6

which they'd likely twist the next day and papers across the country.

0:38.2

I welcome them by announcing Darth Vader has arrived.

0:48.2

Everyone expected the democratic debates a few weeks ago to focus on one divisive Republican.

0:54.0

But they sort of surprisingly ended up being about a completely different divisive Republican.

0:59.4

Do you have a plan to deal with Mitch McConnell?

1:01.4

I do.

1:02.2

I got Mitch McConnell to raise taxes $600 billion.

1:06.6

Can we let Mitch McConnell stop all the backup paper ballots?

1:09.7

Relax will not magically disappear as long as Mitch McConnell is there.

1:13.4

Where do we beat President Trump?

1:15.5

And Mitch McConnell walks into the over office, God forbid, to do negotiations.

1:19.6

Yes, first by taking away the filibuster from Mitch McConnell.

1:22.7

But if you want to beat Mitch McConnell, this better be a working class party.

1:26.9

If you want to go into Kentucky and take his rear end out.

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