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The Atlantic Interview

The Atlantic Interview: Amy Klobuchar

The Atlantic Interview

The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Society & Culture, Politics, News

4.4977 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Amy Klobuchar, the first woman to be elected U.S. Senator from Minnesota, has been been working faithfully toward little victories in Donald Trump's Washington. Now, she's turned her attention toward that unicorn of lawmakers all over the country--a sensible gun bill that can get around the National Rifle Association. She talks to the Atlantic's editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg about how this time might be different, and why she is taking Donald Trump at his word. They also discuss her tater tot hotdish recipe.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to The Atlantic interview.

0:34.0

I'm Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic.

0:36.8

Today, we're going to the

0:37.7

U.S. Capitol to see how Senator Amy Klobuchar is surviving in Donald Trump's Washington.

0:42.4

Well, it's so great to have you here with your Atlantic podcast to give you a little more

0:47.2

product placement. We're not even reading. Being in the minority in the Senate is not Amy

0:51.6

Klobuchar's idea of a good time. It's not anyone's idea of a good time, actually.

0:55.5

But she's been trying to squeak out little victories on gun control and other issues,

0:58.9

and she's been very active in talking about the Russia investigation.

1:02.8

She's also someone who finds her name on short lists of possible Democratic candidates for president.

1:07.7

You have as good a chance as any as being president in 2020. So let's just talk about that.

1:13.4

You don't want to talk about that? No, because I am focused on Minnesota. And I think we have a lot

1:18.9

going on here right now. In the Senate, if you haven't noticed, we have major gun legislation. We have

1:24.7

dreamers that we want to make sure aren't deported. So there's a lot going on besides what

1:29.3

happens years from now. First of all, Minnesota is a very placid place. I know that because I visited you.

1:34.0

It's the bold north. I guess you didn't hear our super bold. The bold north? Yeah, it's bold north. That's what we call

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