Texas fallout & Puerto Rico statehood: Gov. Pierluisi, with Leigh Ann Caldwell and Abby Livingston

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🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Puerto Rico's governor explains why the push for statehood. And Chuck is joined by Leigh Ann Caldwell and Abby Livingston.

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0:00.0	Hello there I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast as Texas residents receive
0:09.9	a giant hour bill for grid failure during a storm the state was extremely unprepared
0:15.0	for.
0:16.0	The Republican governor Abbott has reopened businesses and removed the mass mandate.
0:20.0	A true all or nothing approach so what does that mean for this large state and all the
0:24.2	other?
0:25.2	With that I'll be joined by Texas Street Means Abbey Livingston on the national scale
0:29.3	of things.
0:30.3	We've talked about Biden's plan.
0:31.3	How about congresses?
0:32.3	They passed a $1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief bill in the house so what's next?
0:36.3	The moderate Democrats say they're frustrated with party leadership's agenda and I've got
0:41.3	me and Caldwell from my colleague and I've been seeing these here to tell us why.
0:45.7	Plus is it time for two more states?
0:48.9	Two more stars on that flag later in the show.
0:50.9	Speak with Puerto Rico's governor Pedro Pierre Luise.
0:53.7	It's a great conversation about Puerto Rico's path for statehood and how the fight for
0:57.7	DC statehood helps or hurts their campaign.
1:02.4	We'll talk about chances of passage of statehood in the Senate, particularly among Republicans.
1:07.3	There already are a few votes for Puerto Rico statehood.
1:10.4	More votes than DC statehood has on that.
1:12.9	But first let's start with Abby and Leanne.
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