The Hyperlocal Midterms
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio are joined by Anthony Orozco, a journalist who just wrapped up his time as the Latino communities reporter for WITF, and Rachel Leingang, writer of Arizona Agenda on Substack, for a hyperlocal conversation about the 2022 midterms in Pennsylvania and Arizona. They unpack key races in both states and discuss how progressivism will impact state politics going forward.
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Photo credit: AP Photo/Matt Slocum
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| 0:00.0 | Hey dear listener, a quick favor. |
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| 0:22.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:24.5 | Hey, in the thick familia, this is Julio. |
| 0:36.4 | And today we're going to share an episode we recorded last week. |
| 0:40.0 | And it is all about the midterm election results. |
| 0:42.8 | It's a little bit hyper local, which is something that we really wanted to focus on this cycle. |
| 0:48.1 | But we first want to acknowledge the heartbreaking shooting that happened in Colorado Springs |
| 0:52.8 | this past Saturday, at least five people were killed and another 25 were injured when |
| 0:59.9 | a gunman entered an LGBTQ nightclub and open fire. |
| 1:05.5 | Others inside the club were able to confront the gunmen and prevent even further violence. |
| 1:12.5 | So the suspect who's 22 years old, he was arrested. |
| 1:16.8 | And on Monday, multiple murder and hate crime charges were filed against him. |
| 1:23.4 | This comes at a time when LGBTQ people had been facing increasing violence in this country. |
| 1:30.6 | We're going to continue talking about the urgent issue of gun violence in this country. |
| 1:35.9 | It's a topic we'll never stop covering here in the thick. |
| 1:39.8 | It's really tragic. |
| 1:41.1 | It's heartbreaking that we have to continue to give listeners these updates. |
| 1:47.3 | But in the meantime, we just want to say our hearts are with the victims and their grieving |
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