Tim Walz And Oprah Winfrey Speak On DNC Night 3
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Christian nationalists want to turn America into a theocracy, a government under biblical rule. |
| 0:07.0 | If they gain more power, it could mean fewer rights for you. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm Heath Drusen and on the new season of Extremely American |
| 0:16.0 | I'll take you inside the movement. Listen to Extremely American from Boise State Public |
| 0:21.2 | Radio, part of the NPR Network. |
| 0:24.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Susan Davis, I cover politics. And I'm Mara Liason's senior national political |
| 0:35.6 | correspondent and longtime friend of the podcast Clay Masters of Minnesota |
| 0:39.3 | Public Radio is joining us tonight hi Clay happy to be here and it is 11 13 p.m. Central time is But as you can hear in the background, the Minnesota delegation is still celebrating. |
| 0:54.7 | And the big speech of tonight, of course, Minnesota Governor Tim Walls. |
| 0:58.3 | When Republicans use the word freedom, they mean that the government should be free to invade your doctor's office. |
| 1:06.3 | Corporations free to pollute your air and water. |
| 1:11.2 | And banks free to take advantage of customers. |
| 1:15.0 | But when we Democrats talk about freedom, we mean the freedom to make a better life for yourself and the people that you love. |
| 1:24.0 | Freedom to make your own health care decisions. |
| 1:30.0 | And yeah, your kids freedom to go to school without worrying about being shot dead in the hall. |
| 1:39.0 | Play, this speech for him was an introduction to the nation and it was striking to me how much of it |
| 1:46.4 | focused more on his personal life story than maybe his record as governor. |
| 1:50.1 | Well yeah I mean as of two weeks ago mean, this guy was a relatively unknown entity in politics across the country. |
| 1:57.0 | And while he's been traveling to these different swing states with Kamala Harris and introducing himself to these really large crowds. |
| 2:03.9 | This is the biggest stage this guy has ever in his history. |
| 2:08.4 | I mean, he laughs about how he hadn't used teleprompter |
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