This is my dad Jim. This is my daughter Becky. We're counting down the days to meeting up for the

MPR Politics Podcast show in Philadelphia. Philadelphia is the birthplace of our country's two most

important documents. If you're an MPR listener, you probably have the constitution to declare what

they are. This podcast was recorded at... Oh the puns! Okay, it was recorded at 2.17 pm on

Thursday the 25th of April. Things may have changed by the time you hear this. One thing that

hasn't changed is our love of debating politics, talking history, and my dad's puns. See you at the show!

Okay, so our Philly team will be there at the National Constitution Center tomorrow night

for a live podcast and the good news is that there are still a few tickets available. You can find

them at nprpresence.org. We know there's at least two people in the audience then. So there you go.

You didn't have it. It'll be great. Somewhere between two and sold out.

So best sides. Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.

I'm Kelsey Snell. I cover Congress. I'm Danielle Kurtzley, been political reporter.

And I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent. All right, so we have a great roundup today

and we are going to start with, I don't know, some surprising news or some not so surprising news.

This is my surprise voice. Vice President Joe Biden made it official today. He is running for

president. Number 20, we are shocked. No one else is allowed in. That's it. That's the pool.

Well, and that's the max for the two nights of debates. Max on stage. So if anybody else gets in,

somebody's going to get voted off the island. Oh, man. I mean, you could always have a parking lot

debate. Biden put out a video this morning to make it official. Charlottesville, Virginia is home to

the author of one of the great documents in human history. We know it by heart. We hold these

truths to be self-evident. He starts talking about the white supremacist march in Charlottesville,

Virginia. It was there in August of 2017. We saw clansmen and white supremacists and neo-Nazis

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