The Urban Vote

Majority 54

Politics, Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.7 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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After assessing what's happening on the ground in Afghanistan, Jason and Ravi are joined by former NYC Sanitation Commissioner and runner up in the recent Mayoral race, Kathryn Garcia. Together, they discuss the challenges facing American cities and what resonates with urban voters. Today's episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. BetterHelp is secure counseling done online at lower costs than traditional therapy. As a listener, you'll get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/M54. Join over 1 million people who have taken charge of their mental health and start living a happier, healthier life today at BetterHelp.com/M54. Jason and Ravi can't get enough fo SuperBeets Heart Chews. Support your heart health and hear what all the fuss is about at SuperBeets.com/54. When you buy two bags, they'll throw in a third for free! SuperBeets.com/54 Candid can help you get the straighter, brighter smile you've always wanted. Right now, you can save $75 on your Candid starter kit when you get started from home. Or you can book an appointment at a Candid studio near you today. Go to CandidCO.com/majority54 and use code majority54. If you want to brush up on a foreign language, or learn a new one altogether, Babbel has you covered. When you purchase a 3-month Babbel subscription, you'll get an additional 3 months for free. That's s6 months for the price of 3. Just go to Babbel.com and use promo code MAJORITY54. Jason is back with a new season and a new co-host, Ravi Gupta. Each week, they'll tackle our most pressing issues, giving you the tools necessary to successfully have conversations across the aisle. Majority54 is a Wonder Media Network production. It's produced by Grace Lynch and Edie Allard. Theme music provided by Kemet Coleman. Special thanks to Diana Kander. Majority 54 on Twitter Jason on Twitter Jason on Instagram Ravi on Twitter Ravi on Instagram Kathryn Garcia on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Jason Candor.
0:05.0	I'm Robbie Gupta.
0:06.4	And this is majority 54 of the podcasts that helps Americans who go to four progress
0:10.5	convinced those who didn't to join our majority.
0:13.3	We will be joined by Catherine Garcia in a few minutes.
0:16.7	But first, Robbie, let's do the news of the week.
0:18.9	Well, Jason, I wanted to start by just asking you, I know that you're closely following
0:22.9	what's happening in Afghanistan.
0:23.9	So I just wanted to stop and get an update from you about how the evacuation is going.
0:28.5	Well, let's start with how it is going on the whole, right?
0:33.1	On the whole, you have to be extremely impressed by what is happening on the ground and with
0:40.0	the mobilization of governments across the world to get this done.
0:44.4	I mean, the US is continuing to evacuate people out of the airport and Kabul on Tuesday.
0:50.7	President Biden said he still expected the US to exit Afghanistan by the state of Gov.
0:55.1	Verse 31, obviously that is somewhat controversial, but I imagine there's a lot more to it than
1:00.3	meets the eye.
1:01.6	The New York Times reported though that over 70,000 people have been airlifted out, which
1:06.0	is a staggering and frankly, inspiring number.
1:10.6	But the Taliban, however, they're now blocking Afghans from getting to the airport in Kabul.
1:16.4	And look, 70,000 is a really impressive number and we should be really proud of that.
1:20.9	But we also have to be realistic about the fact that there are people and they're going
1:26.1	to be a lot of people who are more than deserving of getting out, who are not going to get out
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