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The Daily DC

"This Seems Nuts to Me Right Now"

The Daily DC

CNN

News

4.4621 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Despite the threat of coronavirus, Wisconsin voters went to the polls today to exercise their civic duties. CNN Political Director David Chalian speaks with CNN Correspondent Omar Jimenez on the ground in Wisconsin to discuss the winding road and court cases that led to in person voting happening at all, and take you inside a polling place. Plus, CNN Senior Writer and Analyst Harry Enten joins to check in on the state of the 2020 race, imagine some "what ifs" in the Democratic primary, and preview the "compressed" general election.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.2

Hey everyone, I'm David Chalien, the CNN Political Director.

0:38.7

This is the Daily D.C.

0:40.7

At least a dozen states have postponed their primaries due to the coronavirus crisis.

0:46.4

But today, Wisconsin's primary is going on as planned.

0:50.3

With in-person voting that is happening as we're recording this podcast. This comes a week

0:56.2

after a lot of back and forth between the governor, the legislature, the courts, all the way up to

1:00.6

the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruling in part on this case. It leaves voters today in a position

1:07.4

to potentially choose between exercising their right to vote and protecting their health.

1:13.2

The U.S. Surgeon General talked about just that this morning on the Today Show.

1:17.2

Well, I say as a black man that I know that people have died for the right to vote.

1:22.9

This is very important to our entire country.

1:25.8

And if people are going to go out there and vote, then please

1:28.5

do it as safely as possible. Joining me now to break all this down is CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez

1:33.5

on the ground in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Then in a few minutes, we'll be joined by CNN senior writer

1:38.9

and analyst Harry Enton to check in on where the 2020 race stands overall with this Wisconsin primary underway. But Omar,

1:46.1

first to you. Hey, David, yeah, I'm in the field outside one of five polling places open here in

1:52.3

Milwaukee. So please forgive any audio issues with the windiness we are seeing. Can you tell me,

1:57.6

are people actually showing up and voting in a time where we've all been told to

2:01.9

stay socially distant and stay at home? This city typically has 180 polling places open,

2:07.0

but because of the threat that we are seeing in this pandemic, they had a shortage of poll

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