The Battle for Missouri, Part 2: The Moderate

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 17 October 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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When Democrats lost almost every race in Missouri in 2016, their party decided it needed to do something drastic. But the path they chose may have created an entirely new problem. Guest: Sabrina Tavernise, a national correspondent who reported this story for The New York Times and “The Daily.” For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:26.0	When Democrats lost almost the entire state of Missouri in 2016, the party needed to do
0:37.1	something drastic.
0:38.1	But what they did may have created an entirely new problem instead.
0:44.6	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavrini-C.
0:47.8	You're listening to The Daily.
0:50.0	It's Wednesday, October 17th.
0:54.2	And yesterday's episode, we heard the story of Joan Berry, a pro-life Democrat from the
0:58.5	state of Missouri.
1:00.4	Throughout her life, she watched her party lose power in the state.
1:04.4	She herself felt excluded by Democrats for her pro-life views.
1:08.1	Her idea was simple.
1:09.3	Why not invite pro-life Missourant like her into the party to be more inclusive and to
1:14.8	start winning again?
1:16.4	So she put that into the party's new platform.
1:20.5	And when the vote came in, the answer was yes.
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