The Midwest mayor fighting gun violence and defending abortion

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🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this Washington Post Live conversation from Aug. 4, Quinton Lucas, the mayor of Kansas City, Mo., discusses his leadership role in the big Midwest city, his efforts to protect abortion in neighboring Kansas and how to reduce gun violence by keeping gun manufacturers accountable.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan K. Parton, welcome to K-Part.
0:03.7	If you look at a map, Kansas City, Missouri is pretty much smack in the middle of the United
0:08.0	States.
0:09.0	Well, the big Midwest City is smack in the middle of two huge issues, gun safety and abortion.
0:16.1	This week's guest is Kansas City Mayor Quentin Lucas.
0:20.0	He earned criticism for his involvement in pushing back against that Kansas initiative
0:24.9	that would have paved the way to banning abortion in his neighboring state.
0:29.4	In this conversation, first recorded on August 4th for Washington Post Live, Mayor Lucas
0:34.4	had words for those critics.
0:36.7	We do a lot of things every day as matters, and you can care about crime and care about
0:42.4	rights to health care and care about actually taking care of our children in any number of
0:46.6	things.
0:47.6	It's called actually doing your job, right, instead of just being demagoguers who repeat
0:51.4	talking points from right-barter Fox News.
0:54.7	We cover a lot of ground, including whether President Biden should run for reelection
0:59.1	in 2024, the mayor's answer was quick and unequivocal.
1:05.2	So let's start with abortion.
1:07.2	Kansas voters resoundingly rejected a proposal to change that state's constitution in order
1:12.2	to ban abortion or access to abortion.
1:16.0	Ahead of Tuesday's primary, you crossed the state line to urge Kansas residents to protect
1:22.1	abortion rights.
1:23.1	Why?
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