'The Run-Up': The Guardrails

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🗓️ 1 October 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Why we can’t understand this moment in politics without first understanding the transformation of American evangelicalism. “The Run-Up” is a new politics podcast from The New York Times. Leading up to the 2022 midterms, we’ll be sharing the latest episode here every Saturday. If you want to hear episodes when they first drop on Thursdays, you can search for “The Run-Up” wherever you get your podcasts. Visit nytimes.com/therunup to learn more.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Michael.
0:02.0	Today, the run-up are show about the midterm elections and how we got to this fraught
0:08.0	moment in American politics.
0:11.0	Last week, we looked at President Biden's midterm message, a message asking Americans
0:16.5	to unite together to protect democracy and how that message might be missing the reality
0:23.0	that for an increasing number of Americans, democracy is no longer the foundation upon
0:29.0	which this country is built.
0:32.0	Today, in episode four, we look at what's motivating many of those voters instead.
0:40.5	It is hard to put into words what exactly we witnessed today because we have not seen
0:44.3	this before.
0:45.3	Thousands storming the Capitol after a rally with President Trump during which he perched
0:49.5	them to march on the Capitol.
0:52.0	There's a lot of unforgettable moments from January 6th.
1:03.2	The crowded mob outside the Capitol, the Confederate flags, the calls to hang my kids, to make
1:15.6	shift gala.
1:24.8	Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Pastor Paula White for today's prayer.
1:30.1	Hey.
1:31.1	But there was something else that was going on that day too.
1:33.9	Good morning.
1:34.9	This is a day the Lord had made.
1:37.3	Come on Washington.
1:38.7	We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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